The legends and origins of the New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day is an ancient festival, the earliest It has been circulated in ancient times.Now we know the New Year’s Day as the Gregorian New Year set in the Republic of China, that is, on January 1 of the Gregorian calendar every year.Legend has it that in ancient times, the day when Shun sacrificed to heaven and earth and Yao was New Year’s Day.
Origin of the name of New Year’s Day
Yuan is called "Beginning", and the beginning of all numbers is called "Yuan"; Dan is called "Day"; "New Year’s Day" means "the beginning of day".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.[1] In the minds of ancient Chinese, "Yuan" means the 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 popular.Common, the longest time.
The origin of the New Year’s Day
The word "New Year’s Day" first appeared in the "Book of Jin" in Chinese literature:"Emperor Zhuan took the first month of Mengxia as the Yuan, in fact, the New Year’s Day in Zhengshuo.Spring." In 1911 AD, the Revolution of 1911 led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the rule of the Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China.In order to "run Xia Zheng, so follow the agricultural time, follow the Western calendar, so it is convenient for statistics", the first year of the Republic of China decided to use the Gregorian calendar (the actual use was 1912), and stipulated that January 1 of the solar calendar was "New Year", but it was not called "" New Year".The representatives of the provincial governors held a meeting in Nanjing and decided to use the Gregorian calendar.The first day of the first month of the lunar calendar was called "Spring Festival", and January 1 of the Gregorian calendar was called "New Year’s Day", but it was not officially announced at that time.On January 1, 1912, the Republic of China was proclaimed, and Sun Yat-sen took office as the interim president in Nanjing.In his oath of office, Sun Yat-sen ended with "New Year’s Day, the first year of the Republic of China".
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During the prosperous times of Yao and Shun in ancient times more than 4,000 years ago, Yao was diligent in his administration and did a lot of good things for the people during his reign, which was very popular among the people.He was loved by the common people, but because his son had no talent, he did not pass on the leadership of the "tribal alliance" to his son, but to Shun, who had both morality and talent.Yao said to Shun, "You must pass on the throne to the emperor in the future, and you can rest in peace after I die." Later, Shun passed the throne to Yu, who was successful in flood control.A lot of good things, all very popular.Later, people regarded the day when Emperor Shun offered sacrifices to 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 lunar month as "New Year’s Day", or "Yuanzheng".It is said that this is the origin of the ancient "New Year’s Day".
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