Hello,everyone.Today it's my honor to talk to you about th Spring Festival in our country.In China , we have many festivals every year. The most important one for Chinese people is the Spring Festival , and you also can call it Chinese New year. It's the oldest traditional festival.Its origin is ancient, but many believe the word Nian, which means "year", was the name of a beast that preyed on people on the eve of a new year. In one legend, the beast, Nian, had the power to swallow up all the people in a village in one big bite. Village people were very scared of Nian. One day, an old man came to the villagers' rescue, offering to subdue Nian. The old man asked Nian, "I know you can swallow people, but can you swallow other beasts of prey instead of people who are by no means your worthy opponents?" Nian accepted the old man's challenge and swallowed the beasts that had harassed the villagers and their farm animals for years. At the end of the legend, the old man disappeared riding off on Nian. In this legend, the old man turned out to be an immortal god. In the end, Nian is gone and the other beasts of prey are scared into hiding in the forests. The villagers can once again enjoy their peaceful life. The legend goes on to say before the old man left, he told the villagers to put red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year's end in order to keep Nian away. It is believed Nian is afraid of the color red.The custom of putting up red paper and lighting firecrackers to scare away Nian continues today. As we know,on this day ,people will put up the New Year pictures ,fire the firecrackers,make a New Year call and flourish the artificial and children will put on their new clothes ,everyone is very happy . So much for my speech.Thank you for your listening.