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Is New Year's Day the year of the sun?

That was the same day. New Year's Day, called "New Year" in most countries in the world, is the first day of the Gregorian New Year. 1949, People's Republic of China (PRC) took 65438+ 10/0/as New Year's Day, so New Year's Day is also called "Gregorian calendar year" in China.

New Year's Day in the history of China is both natural and political. First, it is a natural Chinese New Year. This is the return of spring and the beginning of a new year. This New Year's Day is natural, natural. Not to live, not to die.

Second, political New Year's Day was stipulated by rulers of past dynasties, such as the first day of the first month in Xia Dynasty, the first day of December in Shang Dynasty and the first day of November in Zhou Dynasty. After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, the first day of October was regarded as New Year's Day. In the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Sima Qian founded the taichu calendar, with the first day of the first month as New Year's Day.