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The purpose and significance of New Year's Day

1, the meaning of New Year's Day: celebrating the beginning of the year.

2. The purpose of New Year's Day:

New Year's Day belongs to the Gregorian New Year. In order to distinguish the two New Years, and in view of the fact that the "beginning of spring" in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar just happens around the Lunar New Year, the first day of the first lunar month was renamed as "Spring Festival", and the beginning of January in the solar calendar must be "New Year's Day". So far, New Year's Day has become a happy festival for people all over the country. -This is the resolution of the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference on September 27th, 949.

3. About New Year's Day:

New Year's Day is the beginning of celebrating the New Year. Celebrating New Year's Day is a common custom in all countries and regions of the world. Most countries in the world take 65438+ 10 1 (Gregorian calendar, that is, 65438+ 10/) as New Year's Day (China is the same). Due to the different latitude and longitude positions of countries in the world, the time of New Year's Day is also different, so the date of "New Year's Day" is also different.