The origin and meaning of New Year’s Day
The popular New Year’s Day first came from the early days of the Republic of China, and Sun Yat-sen set January 1 in the Gregorian calendar as the New Year’s Day means the beginning of the new year, a year full of hope and vitality, so New Year’s Day is a very important modern festival for us, and even on this day we have to take a statutory holiday.
The origin of New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day in ancient China is not the "Gregorian calendar" commonly used today - January 1 of the Gregorian calendar.From the Yin Dynasty when the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar was the first day of the year, to the Han Dynasty when the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar was the first day of the year, there have been many changes.In the Republic of China, when Sun Yat-sen took office as the interim president in Nanjing in early January 1912, it was called "Shun Nong Shi" and "Ben Statistics".Still called "New Year’s Day".It was not until after liberation that the Central People’s Government promulgated the "National Holidays for New Years and Commemorative Days", made January 1 of the Gregorian calendar as the New Year’s Day, and decided that the whole country should have a day off on this festival.At the same time, in order to distinguish the two new years of the lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar, and since the "Li Chun" in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar is just around the Lunar New Year, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar is changed to be called "Spring Festival".
The holiday significance of New Year’s Day
Wu Zimu of Song Dynasty said in "Dream Lianglu·New Year’s Day", "The first day of the first month is called New Year’s Day, and it is commonly called New Year’s Day." New Year’s Day is the first day of the first month., which is the simplest way to say it.Literally, Yuan is the head, and Dan is the morning.New Year’s Day is the morning of the first day of the year.Why call this festival New Year’s Day instead of New Year’s Day or New Year’s Eve? This is because in ancient China, it was customary to start the day with morning day, so New Year’s day is also the first hour of the first day of the year.People place greater hopes on the new year and look forward to the new year.The time is coming, so it is celebrated in the name of New Year’s Day.
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