What are the origins and customs of New Year's Day?

Origin: In 1911 AD, Sun Yat-sen led the . Xinhai Revolution overthrew the Manchu rule and established the Republic of China. Representatives of the provincial governors met in Nanjing and decided to use the Gregorian calendar, calling January 1 of the lunar calendar "Spring Festival" and January 1 of the Gregorian calendar "New Year's Day", but it was not officially announced at the time.

In order to "follow the summer calendar, so as to comply with the agricultural time, from the western calendar, so as to the statistics", the Republic of China decided to use the Gregorian calendar in the first year of the Republic of China (the actual use of 1912), and stipulated that January 1 of the Gregorian calendar as the "New Year", but did not call it "New Year's Day". called "New Year's Day".

Customs of New Year's Day:

New Year's Day is the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, in ancient times is to commemorate Shun Di sacrificed to heaven and earth and the first emperor Yao that day, successive dynasties have held in the New Year's Day to celebrate the ceremonies and prayers for the rituals of the activities, and in the modern era in the arrival of the New Year's Day in China, the people will be three days of holiday, the more common is the activity of the group is organized during this period of time, the various units, companies will hold year-end celebrations. will hold year-end celebrations.

Other New Year's Day customs

In Britain, on New Year's Day, every household should have wine in the bottle and meat in the cupboard. And people will go to fetch water, because the water that is fetched is called the water of good luck. In Germany, on New Year's Day, every family needs to put up two trees and tie juanhua flowers on top of the leaves to express the scene of flourishing flowers.

And in the German countryside, the popularity of tree-climbing competitions, meaning that the step up. In Switzerland, on New Year's Day, people gather in groups to climb mountains. Because they believe that physical health is particularly important, so through fitness to welcome the arrival of the new year.