The Nian beast of Chinese legend is driven off each New Year with red colour, noise and light. Tradition reads it as an old fear that returns at turning points and is chased away by joy and community.
When this appeared in your dream, what were you feeling?
My Cosmic Code has a private dream journal. Write a dream down and the app picks out the symbols in it, shows what dream books say about them and, over time, which words recur across your entries. The journal is stored on your device only.