The origin and legend of New Year s Day, the origin and story of New Year s Day

The term "New Year's Day" has been used for a long time, and it was first seen in the Book of Jin in literary works.

At that time, Emperor Yao was diligent in government for the people and did a lot of good things for the people in his life, but Yao's son was unproductive, so Yao did not pass on the tribe to his son, but chose Shun, who had noble character and outstanding ability. Before Yao died, he also told Shun to pass on the position to a person with both ability and political integrity, and after that, Shun passed the position to Yu, who had made great contributions to water control. In fact, these chiefs were very good to the people and did a lot of good deeds.

Later, people regarded the day when Shun sacrificed Yao as the beginning of the year, and the first day of the first month was called "New Year's Day", which is the origin and legend of New Year's Day.

New Year's Day is a legal holiday in our country, New Year's Day is January 1 of the Gregorian calendar, and most countries in the world also call this day the New Year. "New Year's Day" in the history of our country refers to the "first day of the first lunar month". However, it is worth noting that the calculation method of "New Year" was not uniform before the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

New Year's Day is the first year of the new year, representing a new life, a new beginning, and symbolizing people's good wishes.

On New Year's Day, people go to the streets to enjoy the lanterns, hold some galas, and in some areas, people will also dance folk dances.

Origin of New Year's Day: Around 50,000 BC, the ancient Egyptians changed their way of life from nomadic to agricultural and settled on both sides of the Nile. After their long-term observation, they found that the Nile River flooded regularly, and they recorded the regular time on bamboo poles, and learned that the two floods were 365 days apart; At the same time, it was discovered that when the first tide of the river reached the vicinity of Cairo City, it was the time when the Sun and Sirius rose over the horizon at the same time.

So the ancient Egyptians set this day as New Year's Day. Ancient New Year's Day customs: setting off guns, keeping the New Year, worshipping ancestors, amusement and lantern appreciation, eating reunion dinner, etc.

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". In the Southern Dynasty, Jing Chu paid homage on New Year's Day, followed by pepper and cypress wine, peach soup, Tusu wine, glue tooth (táng), and Wuxin Pan into the dress, but the ghost pill, each eating an egg. Among them, there are peach soup drinks, food, and medicines, all of which have their own special meanings.

China's New Year's Day, according to legend, began with one of the three emperors and five emperors, and has a history of more than 5,000 years.

The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in the "Book of Jin": "Emperor Zhuan took the first month of Mengxia as the yuan, in fact, it was the spring of New Year's Day". During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Southern Dynasty literary historian Xiao Ziyun's poem "Jieya" also has a record of "Four Seasons New Year's Day, Longevity and Early Spring".

In the excavation of Dawenkou cultural relics in China, we found a picture of the sun rising from the mountain and the clouds and smoke in the middle. After research, this is the oldest "Dan" character writing in China. Later, on the bronze inscriptions of Yin Shang, the simplified hieroglyph of "Dan" appeared.

The word "Dan" is represented by a round sun. The word "one" below the "day" indicates the horizon, which means that the sun rises from the horizon.

On September 27, 1949, the first Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, while deciding to establish the People's Republic of China, also decided to adopt the universal common chronology of the Common Era, which is what we call the solar calendar. New Year's Day refers to the first day of the year in the Common Era.

Legend is that when Yao Shun was in his prime, Yao Tianzi was diligent in the people and did a lot of good things for the people, and was loved by the people, and his son was not very talented, so he passed the throne of the "Son of Heaven" to Shun who had both moral and moral talents, and asked Shun to pass on the throne in the future, and later Shun passed the throne to Yu, 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 to be loved. Later, people regarded the day when Emperor Shun sacrificed Yao as the beginning of the year, and called the first day of the first month "New Year's Day", which was the ancient New Year's Day.

New Year's Day is the first emperor of our country, issued a rule that the first day of each year is the New Year's Day. It doesn't have a different story of its own like National Day.

New Year's Day" name comes from:

Yuan is called "beginning", and the beginning of all numbers is called "yuan"; Dan, which is called "day"; "New Year's Day" means "the day of the beginning". 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. Due to the different geographical environment and calendar, in different eras, the time positioning of New Year's Day of various countries and nationalities in the world is different.

Today, the Gregorian calendar is increasingly recognized by countries around the world.

Most countries in the world have adopted the internationally accepted Gregorian calendar, and January 1 of each year is regarded as "New Year's Day". Countries that use the Gregorian calendar as the calendar take January 1 of the Gregorian calendar as the New Year's Day every year, and the whole country is closed.

In the minds of the ancient Chinese, "yuan" means beginning; "Dan" means morning. According to historical records, in Chinese history, "New Year's Day" has many titles, such as Yuanri, Yuanzheng, Yuanchen, Kainian, Yuanchun, Shangri, Huasui, etc., but among many titles, "New Year's Day" is the most common and the longest time.

China's New Year's Day began on Zhuan, one of the three emperors and five emperors, and has a history of more than 5,000 years. Legend 2: More than 4,000 years ago, when Yao and Shun were prosperous, Yao was diligent in his reign and did a lot of good things for the people, and was very loved by the people, but because his son was not talented and not very successful, he did not pass on the leader of the "tribal alliance" to his son, but passed it to Shun, who had both moral and moral talents.

Yao said to Shun: "You must pass on the throne in the future, and you can rest assured after 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 as the beginning of the year after Yao's death, and called the first day of the first lunar month "New Year's Day", or "Yuanzheng". It is said that this is the origin of the ancient "New Year's Day".