When is New Year's Day?

The new year refers to the period from the last day of the year to the fifteenth day of the first month. However, there are many different opinions about the New Year. For example, some people say that the first month is Chinese New Year. Some areas, such as Sichuan and Guizhou, call1April of the lunar calendar New Year, while others call1February 30th of the lunar calendar New Year.

New Year's Day is one of the traditional festivals in China, which has lasted for thousands of years in China. The activities of the New Year are mainly to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, welcome the new and receive blessings, and pray for the ancestors. On New Year's Day, people usually eat fish, rice cakes, chicken, jiaozi, glutinous rice balls, Five Blessingg porridge, spring rolls and so on. Because eating fish on New Year's Day means more than a year, eating chicken on New Year's Day means good luck and smoothness in the coming year, and eating Five Blessingg porridge on New Year's Day means the arrival of "Five Blessingg".

Some customs of New Year's Eve:

Worship ancestors. Sacrificing ancestors is the first important event on New Year's Eve. In many parts of our country, on this day, people will put rich meals and lit incense sticks at home, and parents will lead their children to worship.

Eat New Year's Eve dinner. New Year's Eve is also called reunion dinner. According to Zonggu's records of Jingchu times, there was a custom of eating New Year's Eve dinner at least in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Because it is winter, northerners often put hot pot in the middle of the table, so it is also called stove.

The custom of observing the age by observing the age has a history of nearly two thousand years in China. Zhou people in Jin Dynasty mentioned the customs of Sichuan. At the end of the year, people give each other New Year gifts, which is called "giving gifts to the New Year". Banquet with each other, calling "don't be old"; Staying up late on New Year's Eve is called "Shounian".