How does Chinese New Year came about?

@chuat8 (24)
Singapore
February 16, 2007 9:01am CST
Kinda of curious, where does this Chinese New Year came from? I know it came from ancient China, they set off fire crackers to ward off the lions, rite? Or evil spirit? Can anyone tell me the full story?
1 response
rodmac
@rodmac (94)
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16 Feb 07
Contact - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year