Every year before the New Year, people will prepare offerings to worship many gods, but everyone has forgotten the "lamp monkey", which specializes in oil lamps. Monkey see him except all the gods are people worship, very angry, went to the Jade Emperor there complain about that human beings lazy, do not know the grateful for Thanksgiving, completely forgot the gods to their own blessings. Jade Emperor heard very angry, and immediately ordered the Dragon King on New Year's Eve to lower the floods, the destruction of mankind. Other gods know this thing, and quickly pleaded with the emperor Jade Emperor was sent to the human investigation.
As soon as the mortal people heard the news, they all thought they could not survive again on New Year's Eve. They rushed home to reunite with their families, eat and drink, and stayed together for the last night. Until the New Year's Day, people found that there was no big flood, are very happy to meet each other congratulations, congratulations everyone is still alive.
It turned out that Jade Emperor found out the truth and found that humans did not say so bad monkey, so canceled the command to lower the water, and punished the monkey. And eat New Year's Eve, keep your life, said congratulation has become the people's New Year customs.
