What is the origin of New Year’s Day? How do you say Happy New Year in English?

What is the origin of New Year’s Day? How do you say Happy New Year in English?
Many people are celebrating New Year's Day in their own way. I believe that many people do not understand this festival. So now let us take a look at the origin of New Year's Day. How do you say Happy New Year in English?

What is the origin of New Year’s Day?

The "yuan" in "Yuan Dan" means the beginning, which means the first. The beginning of any number is called "yuan"; "dan" is a pictograph. The "ri" on the top represents the sun, and the "yi" on the bottom represents the horizon. "Dan" means the sun rising from the horizon, symbolizing the beginning of a day. People combine the two characters "yuan" and "dan" to mean the first day of the new year.
The legend about New Year's Day can be traced back to the ancient Yao and Shun period, and it starts with the abdication system during the Yao and Shun period. When Emperor Yao was in power, he worked diligently for the people, governed the world well, and was deeply loved by the people. But his son was incompetent, so he gave the throne to Shun, who was both virtuous and talented. Later, Shun passed the throne to Yu, who had made great contributions to flood control. Later, people regarded the day after Yao's death when Emperor Shun offered sacrifices to heaven and earth and the former Emperor Yao as the beginning of the year, and called the first day of the first lunar month "New Year's Day", or "Yuan Zheng".
The "New Year's Day" we are talking about today was September 27, 1949, on the eve of the founding of New China. The First Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, while deciding to establish the People's Republic of China, also decided to adopt the world's universal Gregorian calendar, which is what we call the Gregorian calendar.

How do you say Happy New Year in English?

"Happy New Year" is translated into English as Happy new year!
New year as an adjective means New Year's Day or New Year's Day.
The British pronunciation of happy is bai['hæpi]; the American pronunciation is ['hæpi]. As an adjective, it means happy, blessed, lucky, and willing. The word entered English in the mid-14th century and is directly derived from the Old English hap, meaning lucky.

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