A lion chased Nian away.

一头狮子赶走了“年”。

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One of them is like this: Hundreds of years ago, a monster called Nian came to a village in China.

其中一个是这样的：几百年前，一个叫“年”的怪物来到中国的一个村庄。

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A year later, Nian came back again, but this time the lion couldn't help.

一年后，年又回来了，但这次狮子帮不了忙了。

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Jet Tila explained that red is considered especially lucky as lore has it children who were wearing red were able to ward off the evil Nian, a monster which appeared on the first day of the new year to eat livestock, crops and children.

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