Since ancient times, New Year's Day has always referred to the first day of the Lunar New Year. **Period, Sun Yat-sen in order to "go to Xiazheng, so Shun Nong;from the Western calendar, so it is counted", so it was ordered to stop using the lunar calendar and use the Common Era, that is, the Gregorian calendar, which is common in Western countries. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, January 1 of the solar calendar was officially designated as New Year's Day.
In ancient China, New Year's Day always referred to the first day of the first lunar month, but the time of the first day of the first lunar month was different in each period. The summer calendar of the Xia Dynasty took spring and January as the first month;During the Shang and Yin periods, winter and December were the first month;During the Zhou Dynasty, winter and November were the first monthAfter Qin Shi Huang unified China, winter and October were the first monthUntil the beginning of the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the first month of spring was officially stipulated as the first month, and the first day of January was designated as New Year's Day, which was used until the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Over the years, there are many names for the first day of the first lunar month, such as: New Year's Day, Yuanri, Yuanzheng, Yuanchen, Yuanchun, Shangri, Yuanshuo, etc., but among many titles, it is still called "New Year's Day" is the most common and the longest time.
What exactly does the word New Year's Day mean? Yuan is called "beginning", and the beginning of all numbers is called "yuan";Dan is called "day";Therefore, "New Year's Day" means "the first day". The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in the Book of Jin in China's literary works: "Emperor Zhuan took the first month of Mengxia as the yuan, in fact, it was the spring of New Year's Day. ”
There is also a beautiful legend about the origin of New Year's Day. Legend has it that in the ancient Yao Shun period, Yao passed the throne to Shun, who was widely loved by the people, and later Shun followed the instructions of Emperor Yao and passed the throne to Yu who had meritorious service in controlling floods. Later, after the death of Emperor Yao, the day when Emperor Shun sacrificed heaven and earth and the first emperor Yao was regarded as the beginning of the year, that is, the first day of the first lunar month, and this day was called "New Year's Day" or "Yuanzheng". There is also the legend that New Year's Day originated from one of the three emperors and five emperors, which has a history of more than 5,000 years.
The current New Year's Day has a relatively short time of origin, and most of the customs and habits are similar to the customs of the Spring Festival, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a pocket version of the Spring Festival.
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