It's good to buy some plates and bowls for the Spring Festival.

How many dishes to add in the Spring Festival can be decided according to the needs of a family. Be careful not to add singular numbers, but even numbers, such as 2, 6 and 8.

The older generation is very particular about this, because the singular means a person, who is lonely and unlucky. You can buy four plates and six bowls, representing wealth in all directions, or you can buy six plates and eight bowls, which has a good meaning of prosperity every year.

Introduction:

Nian beast, also known as Nian, is an evil beast in China folk myths and legends. The earliest newspaper article published in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China was Old Records of Hutong Conversations. It is an animal, locked on a stone pillar in the sky and cared for by Wei Xing. According to legend, in ancient times, every New Year's Eve, fierce monsters broke into the village to eat people, hence the name Nian Beast.

Later, people found that Nian beast had three fears, namely loud noise, red light and firelight, so every household set off firecrackers, posted Spring Festival couplets and lit lights every year to scare Nian beast away. These habits gradually become the custom of the New Year.

According to Jin Gangzuan Daily, Nian Beast is shaped like a mixture of a lion and a dog, which originated from the New Year pictures in Wei Zi. In Tie Bao Nian Beast, it is recorded that Nian Beast has a huge body and unique horns. It is said in Ta Kung Pao Nianguan Examination that Nian beast's fur is white and pink footprints are everywhere.