What does January mean?

There are many aliases for January Day, such as Yuanshuo, Jacky, Zheng Dan, Duanri, New Year, Yuan Chun and so on. Yuan means "start", and the beginning of each number is called "yuan"; "Yuanri" means "the first day". Now it generally refers to the first day of the first lunar month. "

Basic explanation:

(1) refers to the initial day or auspicious day. Yuan means "start", and the beginning of each number is called "yuan"; "Yuanri" means "the first day". The biography of Han Wang Mang: "It is the first day of Woods and the tenth day of Wuyin, which is the day of fainting (marriage), so I don't follow it." ; Yan Shigu Note: "Hao Yuan."

② refers to the first day of the first month. Shu Shun Dian: "The moon is on the right day, and Shun Ge is in Wenxiangzu." Kong Chuan: "The moon is positive, the first month; January 1st, the last day.

January, the first day of the first lunar month, is the traditional Spring Festival in China. On this day, there are many traditional folk activities in China, including posting Spring Festival couplets and door gods and setting off firecrackers on New Year's Eve.

1. The first day of the first month.

Selected Works of Zhang Heng: "Therefore, the Yuan Day of Meng Chun is next to it." Chief Xue's note: "According to legend, on the first day of the first month, governors came from all directions."

Qing Zhaolian's "Xiao Ting Zalu Li Qin Gonggong": "There is a practice in the Yuan Dynasty. Although the superiors and subordinates do not receive it, they will send it to the door with their shoulders."

2. auspicious day.

"Lu Chunqiu Zhongchun": "On the day of choosing Yuan, people are destined to be a country." G: "Hao Yuan."

"The Biography of Wang Han": "Take Wuzi as the Yuan Day and Wuyin as the Death Day." Yan Shigu Note: "Hao Yuan." "History of Southern Song Dynasty": "On the day of Jane Yuan, I went to the altar to receive meditation."

January is considered an auspicious day. The first day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the New Year, which is the first day of the year. There are many nicknames for January Day, such as Yuanshuo, Jacky, Zheng Dan, Duanri, Shousui, New Year, Yuan Chun and so on. But the ancients only had the lunar calendar, not the solar calendar, so the first day of the first month was the most correct.