How did New Year’s Day come about? What is the origin of New Year’s Day?
New Year's Day is the new year of the Gregorian calendar used in most countries in the world. Most countries also have holidays on this day. So, do you know how New Year's Day came about? Do you know the origin of New Year's Day? In the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, the wind is no longer gentle, the sunlight is no longer bright, and the chill of winter has spread. Follow Shuimoxiansheng.com and take a look at the contents of the lunar calendar for November 2018.How did New Year's Day come about?The word "Yuan Dan" should have first appeared in "Book of Jin", and its meaning has been used for more than 4,000 years. To put it simply, Yuan means beginning and the first. The beginning of any number is called "Yuan". And dan means day. From the pictographic characters, the "日" above represents the sun, and the "一" below represents the horizon. It also symbolizes the beginning of a day. Therefore, people combined Yuan and Dan to mean the first day of the New Year. New Year's Day is also called "Three Yuans" in Chinese, namely the Yuan of the Year, the Yuan of the Month, and the Yuan of the Time. At the beginning, the first day of the New Year was called various names such as Yuandan, Yuanri, Yuanchang, Yuanshuo, and Yuanchun. It was not until Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar" that the first day of the first lunar month was designated as New Year's Day. This saying also spread into the Ming Dynasty. In 1911, after Sun Yat-sen founded the Republic of China through the Xinhai Revolution, the Gregorian calendar was used. The first day of the first lunar month was designated as the Spring Festival, and January 1 of the Gregorian calendar was called "New Year". On September 27, 1949, the first Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, when establishing the People's Republic of China, decided to adopt the world's universal Gregorian calendar, which is what we call the Gregorian calendar, and January 1 was officially designated as New Year's Day, which is what we now call New Year's Day.What are the New Year’s Day customs now?Since New Year's Day was born during the Republic of China period and evolved from the Spring Festival, when China first began to celebrate New Year's Day, the customs and habits of the celebration were of course mostly similar to those of the Spring Festival, or a smaller version of the Spring Festival. After all, New Year's Day is not a traditional festival in my country. Although some traditional ways of celebration are still used, such as setting off firecrackers, killing three animals, worshiping ghosts and gods, and paying homage to ancestors, it does not necessarily occupy an important position in people's minds. In modern times, the New Year's Day celebration customs are simpler. The more common ones are activities organized by groups, such as New Year's Day parties, hanging slogans to celebrate New Year's Day, or holding collective activities. In recent years, there are also programs such as traveling and gatherings. Anyway, there are not many traditions on New Year's Day, and people can do whatever they want on this holiday. In fact, New Year's Day only means a one-day holiday for the younger generation. |
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