legend of nian

Nian is a beast that lives under sea or in the mountains. Nian
usually means “year” or “new year”. Nian is  scared of the colour red, red lanterns. Nian is scared of loud stuff like music
and fireworks. Nian comes every year.

The villagers lived in fear of this beast and boarded up there houses on this night when Nian jumped out to scare them. Nian took one look at the colour red and ran away from all the loud noises.