People paste pictures of Door Gods on their doors to avoid bad luck and pray for safety.

人們用貼門神的方法來驅(qū)邪避鬼、祈求平安。

Legends say that an emperor was harassed by demons.

相傳，古時有位皇帝被惡鬼騷擾。

Two generals drove out the demons so the emperor was able to fall asleep.

兩位武將夜夜護駕，皇帝才得以安寢。

The emperor pasted pictures of these two generals on his door and the demons disappeared.

皇帝命畫匠繪制二人的圖像貼在門口，惡鬼從此消失。

People pray that these heroes will guard them from evil.

現(xiàn)在，人們貼門神已經(jīng)變成貼年畫，以求獲得好運和吉祥。

Menshen signifies the beginning of a new year,they guard the home for Chinese.

門神預(yù)示著新年的開始，守衛(wèi)著中國人的家園。