Nián the Sea Monster

Super Great Kids' Stories

Wardour Studios

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

To celebrate Chinese New Year, Kim retells the story of Nián, the terrifying monster who emerged from the sea every New Year’s Eve - to eat cattle, and people, and crops. Until one year, a brave old man, came up with a plan. This old tale explains some of the traditions and celebrations which still take place today at this popular Festival to mark the beginning of Spring. ---- Super Great Kids' Stories is now available on Storybutton. Visit www.storybutton.com and enter code supergreat10 to get 10% off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:18.0	Hello and welcome to Super Great Kids Stories, Wise Tales from Storytellers around the world
0:22.0	which will make you laugh and sometimes cry.
0:26.0	Recommended for ages 5 to 105.
0:31.0	I'm Kim and I love stories.
0:35.0	Hello super great kids.
0:38.0	How are you?
0:39.0	I'm happy because I get to go to Sweden in the north of Europe where it's all snowy and
0:46.7	we're going to go to some little mountains and drink hot chocolate and maybe
0:51.4	go sledging and we might even see some trolls.
0:55.0	And Zinn Nien Howe, that's Happy New Year in Chinese and that is another reason to be cheerful.
1:07.0	It's currently Chinese New Year.
1:10.0	Also known as the Spring Festival and we have a Chinese story for you
1:16.0	which explains some of the things you might see if you go to a Chinese New Year celebration. This is the oldest and most important
1:26.3	festival that's celebrated by Chinese people all over the world and our New Year
1:32.1	story is about a terrifying monster called Nien.
1:37.0	So, just before we start the story, I wonder if you've ever been to a Chinese New Year parade or festival.
1:46.0	Or if you know what you might see if you were to visit a Chinese New Year parade.
1:52.0	Here's a little clue. There are some large and
1:55.5	rather terrifying looking animals or puppets which dance in the street. Now, do you
2:02.4	know which animals they are and what color are the
2:06.0	lanterns and clothes which people usually wear at Chinese New Year. So have a
2:12.0	little think about what you might see if you were to visit a Chinese New Year parade.
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