The man claimed to have scared Nian away by hanging red banners on his door, lighting firecrackers and donning red clothing. This is why wearing the fiery color, along with hanging banners and ...

And don't forget about our friend Nian. No Lunar New Year preparation would be complete without the aforementioned hanging of red banners bearing auspicious phrases and idioms (called fai chun in ...

To the villagers’ surprise, the old man and the village survived utterly unscathed. The man claimed to have scared Nian away by hanging red banners on his door, lighting firecrackers and donning red ...

According to Chinese tradition, it is a day designated for "spring cleaning", when families deep-clean their homes in the run up to the Lunar New Year and put up new "fai chuns" -- red banners ...