L'Express (Port Louis)
6 February 2008
The Chinese have celebrated this festival for thousands of years and consider it as an important landmark in their lives. It was Emperor Han Wu Di (1121-771 BC) who first marked New Year's Day on the Chinese Lunar calendar. However, the story of the Nian - a mythical beast, which once allegedly terrorised villages in China on New Year's Eve - is also linked with the celebration of the festival.
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