What is Shuang Dan?

Shuang Dan is a general term for celebrating Christmas and New Year. Although everyone reads "egg", the meaning is quite different.

In the eyes of the ancients, "Yuan" refers to the beginning, "Dan" belongs to hieroglyphics, the sun above represents the sun, and the one below represents the horizon. "Dan" means that the sun rises from the horizon of Ran Ran, symbolizing the beginning of a day. People put "Yuan" and "Dan" together, which means the first day of the New Year.

Christmas originated in Christianity, and it falls on the Gregorian calendar 65438+February 25th every year. Christmas is a religious festival, because it is celebrated as the birthday of Jesus, hence the name "Christmas".

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The origin of New Year's Day

The word "Chinese New Year" first began in the period of Three Emperors and Five Emperors. The Book of Jin, written by Fang and others in the Tang Dynasty, was uploaded: the first month is the yuan, and it is the spring of New Year's Day. According to historical records, there are many appellations about "New Year's Day" in China history, such as Yuanri, Jacky, Chen Yuan, Kainian, Shangri-La and Huanian. But the most common and longest-used title is New Year's Day.

Because the ancients said that the first day of January is the lunar calendar, to put it bluntly, the Spring Festival is called New Year's Day, and now New Year's Day is the Gregorian New Year, which is a festival in many countries in the world, not our traditional festival.