Do you know the origin of New Year's Day? What should we eat on New Year's Day?
The origin of each festival is different. So, let’s take a look at the origin of New Year’s Day. Do you know the origin of New Year’s Day? What should we eat on New Year's Day? Although there are no long holidays in the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, November is here, so is the New Year far away? This winter, Mr. Shui Mo will accompany you in looking forward to the New Year and explain to you the good and bad luck every day in November of the lunar calendar in 2021.Do you know the origin of New Year's Day?"Yuan" means beginning and "Dan" means dawn. New Year's Day is the first day of the year, also known as the "new calendar year" or the "solar calendar year". 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.After the success of the Xinhai Revolution, Sun Yat-sen designated the first day of the first lunar month as the Spring Festival and January 1 of the Western calendar as the New Year in order to "follow the Xia calendar and the agricultural seasons according to the Western calendar." On September 27, 1949, the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference decided: "The People's Republic of China shall adopt the Gregorian calendar" and confirmed New Year's Day as a legal holiday in China. New Year's Day is also a legal holiday in many countries and regions in the world. This is the origin of Chinese New Year's Day. What should we eat on New Year's Day?1. Eating dumplings on New Year's DayDumplings evolved from wontons. People in the north eat dumplings every New Year's Day. However, the custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Day flourished in the north during the Ming and Qing dynasties. 2. Eating rice cakes on New Year’s Day Nian Gao, also known as sticky cake, means getting taller every year. Rice cake is a food with a long history, but eating rice cake on New Year's Day became popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially in the south. Mainly in Suzhou, Jiading and other places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. 3. Eating eggs on New Year’s Day The custom of eating an egg on New Year's Day has already existed since the Wu and Jin dynasties. It is said that eating eggs was for longevity at that time, but this practice was no longer practiced during the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang, mainly because he was a Buddhist. 4. Eating soup noodles on New Year’s Day In ancient times, soup cakes referred to food made from wheat noodles boiled in water, which is similar to the noodles we eat today. 5. Drink pepper and cypress wine on New Year's Day Pepper and cypress wine is made by soaking pepper and cypress leaves. According to ancient records, drinking pepper and cypress wine can cure diseases and prolong life. The traditional custom of drinking pepper and cypress wine on New Year's Day is mainly in Licheng, Shandong and Jiaxing, Zhejiang. |
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