The origin and customs of New Year's Day

In China, the word "New Year's Day" has been around for a long time, and it was first mentioned in literature in the Book of Jin. 1949, the Chinese People's **** and the State of China adopted January 1 as New Year's Day on the Gregorian calendar, and therefore "New Year's Day" is also known as "solar year", "new calendar year" or "Gregorian year" in China. Therefore, New Year's Day in China is also known as the "solar year", "new calendar year" or "Gregorian calendar year". New Year's Day customs include eating dumplings, soup dumplings, and rice cakes.

I,The Origin of New Year's Day

In China, the word "New Year's Day" has been around for a long time, and it was first mentioned in the Book of Jin in literary works. The term "New Year's Day" in Chinese history refers to the first day of the first month.

After the Xinhai Revolution, in order to "line Xiazheng, so as to comply with the agricultural time, from the Western calendar, so that the statistics", the first year of the Republic of China decided to use the Gregorian calendar (the actual use of 1912), and the provisions of the solar calendar on January 1 for the "New Year", but not called "New Year's Day". "In 1949, the People's Republic of China decided to use the Gregorian calendar (which was actually used in 1912) and established January 1 as New Year's Day, but did not call it "New Year's Day." In 1949, the People's Republic of China adopted the Gregorian calendar as New Year's Day, and so New Year's Day is also known as the "solar calendar year" in China, New Year's Day is also known in China as the "solar year", the "new calendar year", or the "Gregorian calendar year".

The customs of New Year's Day

1, eat dumplings?

New Year's Day when the northern regions will have the custom of eating dumplings. Because New Year's Day is the renewal of the old and the new year, also called the year of the cross, and dumplings and cross is a harmonic, so on New Year's Day, everyone will eat dumplings, is to hope for a very good omen, to be able to in the new year auspicious and lucky.

2, eat dumplings?

Every year on January 1, New Year's Day is the day of reunion, so in order to celebrate the arrival of this day, so the older generation will cook a bowl of hot dumplings early in the morning to the younger generation to eat, I hope to eat to meet the arrival of the New Year, but also hope to eat, the day to be able to be happy, reunion, sweet.

3, eat rice cakes?

Nian gao is a year high, the symbolism of prosperity, so eat rice cakes on New Year's Day is also a symbol of the new year, can be like a rice cake, life and career can be like prosperity, take a good omen. So in the southern region has the custom of eating rice cake on New Year's Day.

Chinese New Year's Day Culture

Modern China's New Year's Day, according to the Chinese government will be included in the legal holidays, become a national holiday. Holiday day, after often will be the day before or after the double holiday adjustment, usually three consecutive days off.

Modern China's celebration of New Year's Day is much less important than the Spring Festival. Generally, organizations and enterprises will hold year-end collective celebrations, but there are few civic activities.