除夕已至 将迎新年！
Its New Years Eve, and the New Year is coming!
祝大家在新的一年
好运连连 前兔似锦！
Wishing you all the best of luck and bright future in the new year!
春节之于中国人来说意味着团圆，
The Spring Festival means reunion for every Chinese,
意味着久别重逢，
it means reunion after a long separation,
也意味着一年新的开始！
and also a new beginning of a year!
春节期间人们会放鞭炮、挂上红灯笼。
People set off firecrackers and hang up red lanterns during the Spring Festival.
小朋友们会收到压岁钱。
Children will receive lucky money.
那你知道关于压岁钱和放鞭炮的民间传说吗？
Do you know the folklore about lucky money and firecrackers?
快来一起看看吧！
Let’s have a look!
传说很久以前，
Long long ago,
有种小妖怪叫祟。
there was a kind of little monster called Sui.
它常在除夕深夜出没，
It often haunts late at night on New Years Eve.
喜欢用手摸睡着了的小朋友的头，
It likes to touch the head of sleeping children with its hands.
孩子们常被吓哭，
Children were often frightened to cry.
第二天不是发烧头疼，就是变成呆子。
The next day, children would either have a fever and headache or become a fool.
有一对夫妻五十多岁才生了一个儿子，
A couple had a son in their fifties.
八仙路过他家时算到这家孩子有难，
When the Eight Immortals passed by his house, they fortune-telling the disaster of the child,
于是他们变成了八枚铜钱。
so they became eight copper coins.
夫妻俩用红纸将铜钱包好，
The couple wrapped the copper purse with red paper,
在孩子入睡后放在了他的枕头边。
put it beside his pillow after the child fell asleep.
除夕夜时祟刚伸手去摸孩子的头，
On New Years Eve, Sui just reached out to touch the childs head.
枕边发出了一道道金光，
There was a golden light came out of the pillow.
祟吓得赶紧逃命。
It was scared and ran away.
第二天，
The next day,
老夫妻将红纸包铜钱能够吓走祟的事，告诉了邻居们，
The old couple told the neighbors that the copper money wrapped in red paper could scare away Sui,
之后家家效仿。
then every family would follow suit.
因为祟和岁字同音，
Since the word Sui and money are homophones in Chinese,
所以后来逐渐演变成了压岁钱。
it gradually evolved into lucky money.
压岁钱是长辈们的美好祝愿，
Lucky money is the blessing from the elders.
希望得到压岁钱的孩子们，
Hope that the children who get the lucky money
能够平平安安的度过一年！
can live in peace for the new year!
此外，传说中有一种叫年的怪兽，
Besides, according to the legend, there is another monster called Nian
时常去糟蹋庄稼，
often destroying crops.
在除夕夜还会跑到村庄里去吃人。
On New Years Eve, it will go to the villages to eat people.
相传
It is said that,
有一年的大年三十晚上，
on a New Year’s Eve night,
年兽几乎将一整个村子的人都吃光了，
Nian almost ate up a whole villages.
只有一家挂满了红布帘，
Only at one house covered with red curtains,
身穿红衣的新婚夫妇平安无事。
do a couple of newlyweds in red survive death.
年兽经过一处院落时，
When Nian walked through a courtyard,
有几名孩童将竹子丢进火堆中玩耍，
several children throw bamboos into the fire for fun.
院内爆竹声四起 火光冲天，
The sound of firecracker was very loud and the flames were soaring into the sky,
年兽吓得慌忙逃窜。
Nian escaped in a panic.
此后，人们便知道年兽怕红、怕光、怕响声。
Since then, people have known that Nian is afraid of red, light and noise.
于是每逢年末，
So at the end of the year,
家家户户会贴红纸、放鞭炮，
every household will post red paper and set off firecrackers.
这样年兽就不敢再来了！
In this way, the Nian will not dare to come again!
你还知道哪些关于春节的传说呢？
Do you know any other folklore about the Spring Festival?
欢迎和我们分享！
Welcome to share with us!
出品：贵州卫视国际传播部
撰稿：李佳欣
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翻译：李佳欣 李秋辰
一审：李秋辰
二审：田胤星
三审：余晓莹
