The Origin of New Year's Day - When was New Year's Day officially established as January 1st?

The Origin of New Year's Day - When was New Year's Day officially established as January 1st?
We all know that New Year's Day is on January 1st of the lunar calendar every year. So when was this date determined? The origin of New Year's Day - when was New Year's Day officially established as January 1st? The twelfth month of the lunar calendar is commonly known as "La Yue" among the people. If you want to know more about the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2019, please visit Mr. Shui Mo’s website!

The Origin of New Year's Day - When was New Year's Day officially established as January 1st?

——On September 27, 1949, the First Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: formally established January 1 as the Chinese New Year's Day . While deciding to establish the People's Republic of China, it also decided to adopt the world's universal Gregorian calendar, which we call the Gregorian calendar. New Year's Day refers to the first day of the year in the Western calendar.
"2" In order to distinguish the two New Years of the lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar, and in view of the fact that the "Start of Spring" in the 24 solar terms falls around the first day of the first lunar month, the first day of the first lunar month was renamed "Spring Festival", and January 1 of the Gregorian calendar was designated as the beginning of the new year - "New Year's Day", and was included in the legal holidays, becoming a holiday for the people of the whole country.
《3》January 1st of each 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".
——Traditional New Year’s Day customs: setting off firecrackers, killing three living creatures, worshiping ghosts and gods, and paying homage to ancestors, etc.
》Setting off firecrackers - Good luck and prosperity
<br /> Setting off firecrackers is a traditional Chinese custom with a history of more than 2,000 years. It is said that it was used to drive away a monster called Nian. When the clock strikes midnight, the New Year's bell rings and the sound of firecrackers shakes the sky over the entire Chinese land. At the "Three Yuan" moment of "the beginning of the year, the beginning of the month, and the beginning of the hour", some places still build "strong fires" in the courtyard to show that the strong energy reaches the sky, and the prosperity is flourishing, and good luck is coming.
》Ancestor worship - worshipping ancestors <br /> Ancestor worship is a grand folk activity. New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival, Double Ninth Festival and Zhongyuan Festival (Chu, Qing, Jiu, Yu) are the four major festivals for ancestor worship in Chinese traditional festivals. In ancient times, this custom was very popular. Due to different customs in different places, the forms of ancestor worship are also different. Chinese people have a tradition of respecting the dead and remembering their ancestors, and they never forget to worship their ancestors during festivals.

Japanese New Year's Day

《1》Great Attachment: December 29th - January 3rd is a national holiday. The Japanese attach great importance to the New Year, and December 29th - January 3rd of each year is a national holiday.
The Japanese call December 31st "Oishi", which is New Year's Eve.
——The New Year’s Eve is called “New Year’s Eve” by the Japanese. On New Year’s Eve, they pray to the gods for blessings, bid farewell to the troubled old year and usher in the beautiful new year, which is called “Hatsumode”.
--At midnight on New Year's Eve, temples in cities and towns ring bells 108 times to drive away evil. The Japanese sit quietly and listen to the "New Year's Eve bell". When the bell stops, it means the new year has arrived. People get up and go to bed, hoping for a good dream.
——On the morning of New Year’s Day, family members sit together and tell each other the dreams they had on New Year’s Eve to predict good or bad luck. The Japanese call the first day of New Year "Seinichi". 1st to 3rd are the “Three Celebration Days”.
《2》On the New Year's Day, the younger generation must first pay New Year's greetings to their parents and say hello to them, and then go to the homes of relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings. The New Year is also a "food" festival, and people from all countries pray for good luck by eating their own national food.
《3》Rich diet: On the day of "Shoichi", the Japanese have a rich breakfast, eating sugared yam, buckwheat noodles, etc. and drinking Tusu wine. Then people eat vegetarian food for three consecutive days to show their piety and pray for good luck in the coming year.
Nowadays, most urban residents in Japan have given up the habit of eating vegetarian food on New Year's Eve and instead eat a meal of hollow noodles on New Year's Eve to wish for good health and longevity in the new year.

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