the year, except on the last day of the lunar year, when it would come on land to eat man.
it make everyone lived in terror.
year after year, on new year’s eve, all the villagers had to hide in the mountains to take shelter from the beast.
one year on that night, a traveler came to the town, looking for food. but everyone, except an old lady, was in the mountain.
the old lady kindly offered the traveler a simple plate of dumplings.
after his meal, the travel was moved by the old lady’s kindness, so decided to teach her the secret of how to get rid of the new year beast.
that evening when 