Nian beast and the origin of Lagerstroemia indica

Folklore: In ancient times, there was a monster called Nian, which looked like a one-horned lion. People and animals are injured every once in a while, and people can't subdue them. Once, Nian broke into a village and happened to meet a man who was dressed in red and burned bamboo poles to keep warm. "Chip" exploded, red light shone, and "Nian" ran away in horror. Therefore, people know the nature of "year". Whenever the Year comes out, every household closes the door, sticks red couplets, lights firecrackers and drives the Year away. The "Year" fruit will never come again. People are very happy to celebrate the "New Year", beating gongs and drums, saying "congratulations" to each other, and there has been a "New Year" since then. Zixing is known as the "fighter". Ancient researchers regarded Purple Star as "Emperor Star", so the person who named Gong Xing purple was Emperor Xiang. Purple MSI is the Polaris and the main star of Ursa minor. The Big Dipper revolves around its four seasons. If the sky is compared to a funnel, the purple star is the top of the funnel. We call this kind of person like "purple star surrounded by stars" Wei Zi's life. But the scope of the encirclement is large and small. Born at home is the head of the family, born in the country is the head of the family.