写节日的英语小报

It's believed that the Chinese word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means "year", was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year. Later, people tried to burn bamboo to drive the beast away when it came and they succeeded. Fearing the great sound and light from burning bamboo the beast never came back again. And now the burning bamboo turns into the firecrackers.

Generally speaking, the spring festival would persist from the 8th day of the 12th lunar month to the 15th day of first lunar month in the new near.

The celebration actually starts on New Year's Eve with the family reunion dinner. By New Year's Eve, we should have done the following:

Clean the entire home to get rid of all the things that are associated with the old year. And this should be done on the 24th day of the 12th lunar['lju:nE] month.
Buy some essential things, say, couplets,