What are the holiday customs on New Year's Day? What is New Year's Day?

New Year's Day is a worldwide festival, which is 1 in the solar calendar. Also called Gregorian calendar year, new calendar year or Gregorian calendar year. New Year's Day is a new year in the world and one of the traditional festivals in China. It represents the beginning of a year. On this day, there will be a three-day holiday, and all places will be hung with lanterns and colorful decorations. New Year's Day has a long history. For more information about New Year's Day, please refer to the following.

New Year's Day

New Year's Day refers to the first day of the year. New Year's Day is the first day of January in the Gregorian calendar. "Yuan" means the beginning, "Dan" means a day, that is, "the first day of the New Year". The beginning of the number is called "yuan"; "Dan" is a hieroglyph, with the upper "sun" representing the sun and the lower "one" representing the horizon. "Dan" means that the sun rises from the horizon of Ran Ran, symbolizing the beginning of a day. The combination of "Yuan" and "Dan" means the first day of the New Year. New Year's Day in China is divided into ancient New Year's Day and modern New Year's Day, with different meanings and slightly different customs.

New Year's Day Customs in Ancient China

In ancient times, New Year's Day was a day to commemorate the sacrifice to heaven and earth and the founding emperor Yao. On New Year's Day, in the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, the court held a large-scale court meeting, and hundreds of officials congratulated the emperor, which was called "Paizheng War" in history. At this time, diplomats from Liao, Korea, Xixia, Khotan and Uighur often came to worship. In addition, on New Year's Day, ceremonies and ceremonies such as offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, writing couplets on doors, writing blessings and dancing dragon lanterns are held in all previous dynasties. People have gradually formed many celebration activities, such as offering sacrifices to gods and buddhas, offering sacrifices to ancestors, putting up Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, having a family reunion dinner and making countless fires during the Chinese New Year.

Modern New Year's Day Customs in China

1949 After the founding of New China, Gregorian calendar 1 was designated as New Year's Day, because New Year's Day was born in the Republic of China. Of course, the customs and habits of celebration are mostly similar to the Spring Festival, or it can be said that it is a pocket version of the Spring Festival, which follows the traditional ways of celebration in ancient China, such as setting off fireworks, killing Sansheng, offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods, and offering sacrifices to ancestors.

New Year's Day is an international holiday. Many countries regard New Year's Day as a legal holiday, and so does China. After the founding of New China, New Year's Day was designated as a statutory holiday, which was later changed to a three-day holiday. However, in China, there is no fixed custom to celebrate the New Year, so during the New Year's Day, there are many ways to celebrate the New Year, such as eating jiaozi on New Year's Day (meaning auspicious wealth), holding various performances on New Year's Day (adding festive joy) and so on.