The origins and legends of New Year’s Day
The name of New Year’s Day has appeared in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, but the New Year’s Day we are talking about now Festival is from the Republic of China period.In order to distinguish the Gregorian New Year and the Lunar New Year, the government of the Republic of China established the names and festival times of the New Year’s Day and the Spring Festival respectively, which are still in use today.
Origin of New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day is the first day of the Gregorian calendar year.The Chinese government adopted the Gregorian calendar and began with the establishment of the Republic of China.Therefore, in our country, the history of New Year’s Day is less than a hundred years.After the establishment of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen set the first day of the first lunar month (New Year’s Day) as the Spring Festival, and the first day of the first month of the first lunar month (New Year’s Day) as the Spring Festival, and on January 1 of the Western calendar (Gregorian calendar) as the New Year.On September 27, 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference adopted the "AD chronology method" to call the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar "Spring Festival", and set January 1 of the Gregorian calendar as "New Year’s Day".
The historical legend of New Year’s Day
Legend One
Chinese New Year’s Day, according to legend, originated in Zhuanxu, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and has a history of more than 3,000 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, but it is actually the spring of New Year’s Day in Zhengshuo".During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the poem "Jie Ya" by Xiao Ziyun of the Southern Dynasties also contained the record of "New Year’s Day in the Four Seasons, and the Spring Dynasty in the Early Years of Longevity".
Legend 2
During the prosperous times of Yao and Shun more than 4,000 years ago, the emperor Yao was diligent in government and did a lot of good things for the people during his reign, and was very popular among the people.Because his son was incompetent, he did not pass on the throne of "Son of Heaven" to his own son, but to Shun, who had both moral character 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 month "New Year’s Day" or "Yuanzheng".This is the ancient New Year’s Day.The dynasties of all dynasties have held celebrations and rituals and other activities on New Year’s Day, such as offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, writing Spring Festival couplets, writing blessing characters, and dancing dragon lanterns.New Year’s Eve, Reunion Dinner, and many other entertainment and celebrations such as "Social Fire".Xin Lan, a poet of the Jin Dynasty, once wrote the poem "Yuanzheng":"Yuanzheng Qiling Festival, Jiaqing Zhaozi here.Xian played the ten thousand years, Xiaodatong Yuexi." It describes the New Year’s Day celebration.
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