英语翻译The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Sprin

The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of Spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coordination with the changes of Nature). Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however, that the 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.
中国新年现在非常知名,即人们所称的春节,从立春（即农历二十四节气之首）开始.它的起源已无法追溯,只有一些民间的传说.但是人们都知道的就是“年”这个字,虽然在现代汉语里面只有表示“一年”的意义,但是在古代这个字还是一种怪兽的名字.这种怪兽从新年的前夜开始就到处抓人吃.