What is New Year’s Day and what is its meaning?
New Year's Day is the first day of January in the Gregorian calendar every year. It is also the Chinese New Year. Like National Day, this day is a day of celebration for the whole country. What is New Year’s Day and what is its meaning? The twelfth month of the lunar calendar is also known as the twelfth month, or the wax month. So what are the things to do and not to do in the twelfth month? Visit Shui Mo Xiansheng's website to learn more about the twelfth lunar month of 2019.What is New Year's Day?《1》The festival that marks the beginning of the new year <br /> Most countries in the world call January 1 of the Gregorian calendar New Year's Day, marking the beginning of the new year.《2》New Year's Day at different times <br /> However, the time of New Year's Day in different countries is not the same. The reason is that the earth revolves around the sun and rotates from west to east. The time of dawn, day, dusk and night in different places is different. Therefore, the time of "New Year's Day" in the world cannot be unified. 《3》New Year's Day is also a festival about Jesus《4》Chinese New Year's Day: Gregorian New Year The concept of "New Year's Day" has different meanings in different eras and countries. The concept of "New Year's Day" in China has always referred to the first day of the first lunar month. The method of calculating the "first month" was not unified before the reign of Emperor Wu of Han. Therefore, the month and day of New Year's Day are not consistent throughout the ages. The Xia calendar of the Xia Dynasty took the first month of spring as the first month, the Yin calendar of the Shang Dynasty took the twelfth month of winter as the first month, and the Zhou calendar of the Zhou Dynasty took the eleventh month of winter as the first month. After Qin Shi Huang unified China, he took October in winter as the first month of the year, and the first day of October as New Year's Day. Starting from Emperor Wu of Han, the first month of spring was designated as the first month of the year, and the first day of January was called New Year's Day, which was used until the end of the Qing Dynasty. What is the meaning of New Year's Day?《1》New Year's Day is a legal holiday and there will be a holiday on this day.New Year's Day on the Gregorian calendar is not a traditional Chinese festival, but a statutory holiday in our country, so we have a holiday on New Year's Day. In modern China, "New Year's Day" is the name for the Gregorian New Year, which is January 1st of the Gregorian calendar. Chinese traditional festivals are all related to the lunar calendar (including solar terms), so it is definitely not a traditional Chinese festival, it is just a Gregorian calendar festival. "2" marks the arrival of the new year. January 1st of every year marks the arrival of the new year. People are accustomed to calling this day "New Year's Day", commonly known as "Gregorian Year", "Solar Year" or "New Calendar Year". 《3》The First Day "New Year's Day" means "the beginning day". New Year's Day is also known as "Sanyuan", namely the first day of the year, the first day of the month, and the first day of the hour. 《4》Different times in different eras <br /> Due to different geographical environments and calendars, the time of New Year's Day in different countries and ethnic groups in different eras is not exactly the same. Now, the Gregorian calendar is increasingly recognized by countries around the world. Most countries in the world have adopted the internationally accepted Gregorian calendar and regard January 1st of each year as "New Year's Day." Countries that use the Gregorian calendar regard January 1st of the Gregorian calendar as New Year's Day and the whole country has a holiday. |
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