Folk stories of Han nationality

Keeping old age is the custom of staying up late on the last night of the old year to welcome the arrival of the new year, with a common name of "Enduring the Year". There is an interesting story about the origin of this custom:

In ancient times, there was a fierce monster scattered in the mountains. People call them nian. Its appearance is ferocious, its nature is ferocious, and it specializes in eating birds, animals and insects. It changes its taste every day, from kowtowing insects to living people, which makes people talk about "Nian".

Later, people gradually mastered the activity law of "Nian", that is, every 365 days, people go to places where people live in concentrated communities to taste fresh food. The haunting time is after dark, and when the rooster crows at dawn, they return to the mountains.

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The Han nationality in China has no religion believed by the whole nation, but the concept of animism and the belief in nature handed down from ancient times have always influenced the folk customs of the Han nationality in China. Han people in China have always believed in "immortals" because they believe that supernatural gods with personality and consciousness dominate the material world. There were many immortals worshipped by Han people in ancient China.

For heaven, there is a god in charge of "heaven" called "Jade Emperor". People think that Di Qing dominates the East, Chi Di dominates the South, Huangdi dominates the Central, Bai Di dominates the West and Hei Di dominates the North. Among the gods, there are proprietors in charge of male immortals and western queens in charge of female immortals.

For landscapes, it is believed that mountains have mountain gods, and not only the five mountains are regarded as sacred mountains, but also famous mountains have their own gods; It is also believed that there is a "Four Seas Dragon King" in the water, who not only commands the aquarium, but also is responsible for the nebula rainfall.

As for land, people think that every lot is in charge of "land god", which is called "social god" in ancient times and commonly known as "land father-in-law". At the same time, a tree and a stone are also endowed with gods.

For some natural phenomena, it is considered that Lei Gong is the Raytheon, Dian Mu, also known as "Lei Po", is the lightning god, Si C is the rain god, Gilbert is the wind god, and Huilu is the Vulcan god.

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