When is New Year's Day?

China's New Year's Day always refers to the first day of the first month of the summer calendar (lunar calendar and lunar calendar), and the calculation method of the first day of the first month was also very inconsistent before the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the New Year's Day of the past dynasties is also inconsistent. The first month is Meng Xiyue (January) in the summer calendar, the twelfth month (December) in the business calendar and the winter month (November) in the weekly calendar. After Qin Shihuang unified China, Yangchun (October) was the first month, that is, the first day of October was New Year's Day.

In order to distinguish between the two New Years, and in view of the fact that the "beginning of spring" in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar is just around the Lunar New Year, the first day of the first lunar month was renamed the Spring Festival, and the Gregorian calendar 1 day was designated as the beginning of the New Year, which became a national legal holiday.

New Year customs

1, dust removal

Because dust has the same sound as Chen, and the New Year is a festival to welcome new weather, so sweeping dust means "getting rid of the old and not being new", which means sweeping away all unlucky or other unlucky things and making the new year full of good luck. Therefore, on the night before the New Year, almost every household has to clean the environment, clean all kinds of electrical appliances, remove and clean bedding curtains and so on.

Step 2 Eat jiaozi

Jiaozi can represent different meanings in China, which is one of the traditional cuisines in China. On New Year's Day, eating jiaozi has a beautiful meaning of celebration, reunion and good luck. On the first day of the new year, eat jiaozi and have good luck.

Step 3 set off firecrackers

Now many people know that firecrackers are set off on New Year's Day to celebrate the arrival of the New Year, but in the Han Dynasty, people set off firecrackers to scare away a ghost named "Sister Shan".