The legend of Chinese New Year春节传说
A long long time ago in China,there was a big, scary beast minion Nian, whose name means here. He had sharp teeth, big claws. Most of the time he lived in the forest. But on the darkest night of the year when the new moon was in the sky,he would come into the village and scare everyone and the animals. People was frightened the new moon for many many years. Until a wise man taught them the three things. Nian was afraid of loud noises, fire and the colour red. The next time Nian came, the villagers fought back, they hit the drum so loud, and ear the color red from head to toe. Nian ran away and never came back. After that people started celebrating the union instead of fearing it. That celebration became 15 days festival of family food and good fortune called Chinese New Year.
Dragon Boat Festival
Long time ago, there was a great poet called Qu Yuan. He didn’t bear the when his country was invaded(侵略），so he drowned himself in the river. Local people rode boats to save him and drop the rice balls into the river , because they wanted to protect his body. Later people rowed and made Zonezi on the Dragon Boat Festival for remembering him. That’ how the tradition of dragon boat racing and eating Zongzi were started. A nation
tradition on Duanwujie is to put wormwood on the front door to repel bad things. In some places people drink wine and children wear sachet（香包）。Now the family gets together on Duanwujie. People have all kinds of tings to celebrate this traditional festival.
Mid-Autumn Festival
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful woman called Chang’e. Her husband Hou Yi was a great archer. At that time, there was ten sun in the sky and the people on earth were living in the heat. To save the earth,Hou Yi used his bow and arrow to shoot down the nine of the suns. Hou Yi was respected as a national hero and got some medicine of immortality （长生）as a reward（奖励）. But it’s only for one person, and Hou Yi and Chang’e didn’t want to leave each other. But one day one of Hou Yi’s students wanted to steal the medicine when he wasn’t home. Chang’e didn’t want the thief to get the medicine, she had to eat the magic medicine. Then she flew to the moon and became the moon goddess.. Hou Yi missed his wife so much that he made an offering to the moon, and tried to find the shape of Chang’e on the moon. To remember Chang’e , people worship the moon by eating fruit and mooncakes.
Draw a snake and add feet to it
Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself. So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the ground. And the man who finished first would have the wine. One man finished his snake very soon. And he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing , so he decided to draw the feet to snake.. However, before he could finish the feet, another man finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying”Who has ever seen a snake with feet?” The story of “ Draw a snake and add feet to it” tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough.
The Legend of cowherd and weaver girl
The Legend of cowherd and weaver girl is a well-known folktale. The cowherd was a poor yet hard-working young man. The weaver girl was a goddess who waves the clouds. An old talking cow introduces them to each other. The two fell in love at first sigh and got married. When the Eternal Mother found out, she took the Weaver Girl away and made the Milky Way to separate them. They were very sad . all the animals thought and thought
what to do. At last, they came up with a big plan. All the crow on the earth gathered together. They flew up to the sky, higher and higher. Then one by one, the birds lay down and made a bridge. It was the day for Niu Lang and weaver to meet again.They were only allowed to meet once a year on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. On a clear night, you can still see Niu Lang and Weaver in the stars.