Stories and legends about New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day is the first day of the first month of the new year in the Gregorian calendar, which is a long-standing holiday term in history.However, the modern New Year’s Day is a festival from the Republic of China period.The stories and legends about the ancient New Year’s Day is that Rao Shunyu passed the throne and sacrificed.
The origin of New Year’s Day
The term "New Year’s Day" has a long history.It is said that it originated from Zhuanxu during the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.It has a history of more than 5,000 years.The term "New Year’s Day" in Chinese history was first mentioned in the Book of Jin:"Emperor Zhuan took the first month of Mengxia as the Yuan, in fact, the spring of New Year’s Day in the new year." Yuan means the beginning, which means the first; Dan is a hieroglyph, referring to The sun rises from the horizon, symbolizing the beginning of the day.New Year’s Day is the first day of the new year.
From the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar was stipulated as New Year’s Day, and it was used until the end of the Qing Dynasty.After the Revolution of 1911, the Republic of China decided to use the internationally accepted Gregorian calendar in 1911, calling the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar (lunar calendar) the "Spring Festival"; It was not announced at the time.
On September 27, 1949, at the first session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, my country decided to adopt the universal chronology method, which is what we call the solar calendar.In order to distinguish the two new years of the lunar calendar (lunar calendar) and the Gregorian calendar (solar calendar), the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar is called "Spring Festival", and January 1 of the solar calendar is called "New Year’s Day".Today, most countries in the world adopt the internationally accepted Gregorian calendar.January 1 of the Gregorian calendar is commonly known as "New Year", and this day is also "New Year’s Day".Every January 1st marks the arrival of the new year.People are accustomed to calling this day "New Year’s Day", commonly known as "Gregorian Calendar Year", "Gregorian Calendar Year" or "New Calendar Year".
New Year’s Day among the folks.Legend
In the ancient times of Yao and Shun more than 4,000 years ago, when Emperor Yao was in power, he did a lot of good things for the people and was very popular among the people.However, because his son was incompetent, he did not pass on the throne of the "Son of Heaven" to his own son, but to Shun, who had both virtue and ability.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 "New Year’s Day".The dynasties of all dynasties held activities such as celebration rituals and prayers on New Year’s Day.
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