The Origin of New Year's Day, Cold Food and Winter Solstice

New Year's Day, namely 1 on the Gregorian calendar, is commonly known as "Chinese New Year" in most countries in the world. Yuan means "start", and the beginning of each number is called "Yuan" and "Day".

New Year's Day means "the first day". New Year's Day is also called "three yuan", that is, year yuan, month yuan and hour yuan. The name of "New Year's Day" in the history of China refers to the first day of the first month of the summer calendar (also known as the lunar calendar), and the word "New Year's Day" recorded in the existing literature first appeared in the Book of Jin.

The origin of the Cold Food Festival is Mianshan, Jiexiu, with a history of 2640 years (358 years earlier than the Dragon Boat Festival). According to the definition of "Cold Food Festival" in Ci Yuan and Ci Hai, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Jie Zhitui went through hardships, assisted Zhong Er, the son of Jin Dynasty, to restore the country and lived in seclusion in Mianshan, Jiexiu. ?

Winter solstice is a very important solar term in China lunar calendar, and it is also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The winter solstice is usually called "Winter Festival", "Dragon solstice Festival" and "Asian New Year".