What holiday is New Year’s Day? What’s the story about New Year’s Day?
New Year's Day has existed in China since ancient times, and the ancients were very enthusiastic about it. It is strange why people in contemporary China do not seem to attach much importance to New Year's Day? The Fortune Teller website explains to you why New Year's Day is not as popular as it was in ancient times. In the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, no matter whether it is wedding or family affairs, everything is happy. Mr. Shui Mo brings you the blessings of the winter month to bring you auspicious warmth. I wish you all the best!What holiday is New Year’s Day?New Year's Day is said to have originated from Zhuanxu, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and has a history of more than 4,000 years. The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in "Book of Jin": "Emperor Zhuanxu took the first month of summer as the beginning of the year, which was actually the spring of the New Year's Day."Chinese New Year has traditionally referred to the first day of the first lunar month in the Xia calendar (lunar calendar, lunar calendar). Starting from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the first month of the lunar calendar was designated as the first month of the lunar calendar, and the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar was called New Year's Day, which was used until the end of the Qing Dynasty. In 1911, the Xinhai Revolution led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the rule of the Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China. Representatives of provincial governors met in Nanjing and decided to use the Gregorian calendar, calling January 1 of the lunar calendar "Spring Festival" and January 1 of the Gregorian calendar "New Year's Day", but it was not officially announced at the time. In order to "follow the Xia calendar to follow the agricultural season and the Western calendar to facilitate statistics", the Gregorian calendar was decided to be used in the first year of the Republic of China (actually used in 1912), and January 1 of the Gregorian calendar was designated as "New Year", but it was not called "New Year's Day". On September 27, 1949, when the decision was made to establish the People's Republic of China, it was also decided to adopt the world-wide Gregorian calendar, which we call the Gregorian calendar. New Year's Day refers to the first day of the year in the Western calendar. In order to distinguish the lunar and solar new years, and in view of the fact that the "Start of Spring" in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar falls around the Lunar New Year, the first day of the first lunar month was renamed "Spring Festival", and January 1 of the solar 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 across the country. So to put it simply, New Year's Day is a traditional festival in my country. The ancient New Year's Day is the same as the current "Spring Festival", but in order to keep pace with the international community, January 1st of the Gregorian calendar was established as New Year's Day, and the original "New Year's Day" was renamed the current "Spring Festival". This also leads to the fact that the traditional New Year's Day is not as important as it was in ancient times. The Spring Festival is the New Year's Day in the traditional sense. What’s the story about New Year’s Day?Legend has it that during the prosperous era of Yao and Shun more than 4,000 years ago, Emperor Yao was diligent in his work and did many good things for the people, and was loved by the people. However, because his son was not talented and not very capable, he did not pass the throne of "Son of Heaven" to his son, but passed it to Shun, who was both virtuous and talented. Yao said to Shun, “You must pass the throne well in the future, so that I can rest in peace after my death.” Later, Shun passed the throne to Yu, who had made great contributions to flood control. Yu, like Shun, was close to the people and did many good things for the people, and was very loved. Later, people regarded the day when Emperor Shun offered sacrifices to the heaven and earth and the former 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", or "Yuan Zheng", which was the ancient New Year's Day. |
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