The origin of New Year s Day? What is the origin of New Year s Day?

"Yuan" has the meaning of beginning, and "Dan" refers to the meaning of Tianming. New Year's Day (New Year'S day, new year) is the first day of the year, also known as the "new calendar year" or "solar calendar year". New Year's Day is also known as "three yuan", that is, the yuan of the year, the yuan of the month, and the yuan of the time.

After the success of the Xinhai Revolution, Sun Yat-sen set the first day of the first lunar month as the Spring Festival and January 1 of the Western calendar as the New Year in order to "travel in the summer, so follow the agricultural time and follow the Western calendar". On September 27, 1949, the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference decided: "The People's Republic of China adopts the Common Year Law for the Year of the People's Republic of China", recognizing the New Year (New Year's Day) as a legal holiday in China.

New Year's Day is also an official holiday in many countries or regions around the world. Celebrate New Year's DayChinese New Year's Day has always referred to the first day of the first month of the agricultural (summer, yin) calendar. The "yuan" of "New Year's Day" refers to the beginning, which means the first, and the beginning of the mortal number is called "yuan"; "Dan", a pictograph, the "day" above represents the sun, and the "one" below represents the horizon.

Dan is the sun rising over the horizon, symbolizing the beginning of the day. People combine the words "yuan" and "dan" to mean the first day of the new year. New Year's Day is also known as "three yuan", that is, the yuan of the year, the yuan of the month, and the yuan of the time.

There are different names in Chinese languages, some are called "the first day of the new year", some are called "the first day of the first day of the great day", some are called "the first day of the first day of the new year", and it is generally called "the first day of the first month". There is also a legend that when Yao Shun was prosperous more than 4,000 years ago, Yao Tianzi was diligent in the people and did a lot of good things for the people during his reign, and was very loved by the people, but because his son was not talented and not very successful, he did not pass the throne of the "Son of Heaven" to his son, but passed it to Shun, who had both moral and moral talents. Yao said to Shun:

On New Year's Day, you must pass on the throne in the future, and you can rest assured when I die. Later, Shun passed the throne to Yu, who had meritorious service in controlling floods, and Yu was also like Shun who was close to the people and loved the people, and did a lot of good things for the people, and was very loved. Later, people regarded the day when Emperor Shun sacrificed heaven and earth and the first emperor Yao after Yao's death as the beginning of the year, and called the first day of the first month "New Year's Day", or "Yuanzheng", which was the ancient New Year's Day.

The dynasties of the past dynasties have held activities such as celebration ceremonies and prayers on New Year's Day, such as sacrificing to the gods and ancestors, writing the Spring Festival couplets on the door, writing blessing characters, dancing dragon lanterns, and the folk have gradually formed entertainment and celebration activities such as worshipping gods and Buddhas, sacrificing ancestors, pasting Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, keeping the New Year, eating reunion dinners, and many "social fires". The Jin Dynasty poet Xin Lan once had a poem "Yuan Zheng": "Yuan Zheng Qi Ling Festival, Jiaqing Zhao Zizizi."

Xian plays ten thousand years, and the small Datong is happy. "Describe the New Year's Day celebration.

New Year's Day is a legal holiday in our country, and it generally refers to the first day of the first month in the calendar. Judging from the situation in our country, the word "New Year's Day" has existed since ancient times, and it was first seen in the Book of Jin in literary works. The "New Year's Day" in the history of our country refers to the "first day of the first month", and the calculation method of "the first month" was very inconsistent before the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the date of the New Year's Day (the first day of the first month) of the previous dynasties was not consistent.

So, what is the origin of New Year's Day?

In fact, the origin of New Year's Day can actually be traced back to the Yaoshun period. Legend is in.

Four or five thousand years ago, in the ancient Yao Shun prosperous era, when Yao Tianzi was diligent in the people and did a lot of good things for the people, he was deeply loved by the people, but because his son was not talented and not very successful, he did not pass the throne of the "Son of Heaven" to his son, but to Shun, who had both moral and moral talents.

At that time, Yao said to Shun: "You must pass on the throne in the future, and you can look at it with peace of mind after I die." Later, Shun dismantled or passed his throne to Yu, who was also as diligent and loving the people as Shun, did a lot of good things for the people, and was deeply loved by others.

Therefore, later, when Yao died, the day when Emperor Shun sacrificed heaven and earth and the day of Emperor Yao, as the beginning of the year, called the first day of the first month "New Year's Day", or "Yuanzheng", which was the ancient New Year's Day.

So, what are the customs of New Year's Day?

The first is to eat glutinous rice balls. Eating tangyuan means that the family is in harmony and reunited, but in the northern region, dumplings are generally eaten. Dumplings imply the meaning of this wealth rolling, wrapped into various shapes or mainly gold and green, so that more fragrant gold ingots and jade feeling.

Then there is the brigade to see the temple fair and the lantern festival. In fact, on the day of New Year's Day, all houses are brightly lit and full of lanterns, revealing the word "lively" everywhere.

All in all, New Year's Day is a traditional festival in China and a national holiday, and every family celebrates it on New Year's Day.