What day is New Year's Day in every country in the world?

The word "New Year's Day" first came from the poem "New Year's Day of the Four Airs, New Year's Day of the Ten Thousand Lives, New Year's Day of the Present Day", which is a poem of Xiao Ziyun (萧子云), a member of the Liang family, from the Southern Dynasties, meaning the first day of the New Year. It means the first day of the New Year. Although the Chinese real New Year is the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, but the New Year's Day is the first day of the beginning of the calendar year, for us is also very significant, the old year has come to an end, the new year is also accompanied by a new calendar calendar to the side, the day also began a brand new page. In fact, there are many countries in the world are to New Year's Day as the beginning of the New Year, there are also a variety of celebrations, the following is my reproduced on the network to find some other countries to celebrate New Year's Day. Britain: On the day before New Year's Day, every household must have wine in the bottle and meat in the cupboard. The British believe that if they don't have any meat or wine left over, they will be poor in the coming year. In addition, the British are also popular New Year's "well water" custom, people are fighting for the first to go to the water, that the first water for the happy people, hit the water is auspicious water. British late at night on New Year's Eve, often with cakes and wine out to visit, they do not knock on the door, they walked straight into the home of friends and relatives. According to British custom, after the thousandth night of New Year's Eve, the person who steps into the house with the first foot heralds the luck of the new year. If the first guest is a dark-haired man, or a happy, happy and wealthy person, the host will be lucky all year round. If the first guest is a woman with light yellow hair, or a sad, poor, unfortunate person, the host will have bad luck in the new year, and will encounter difficulties and disasters. New Year's Eve in the home of friends and family guests, before talking to the fireplace before the fire, to rattle the fire, wish the host "open the door to good luck. In some areas of the British Midlands, New Year's morning out, regardless of acquaintances or strangers, will send each other copper, they believe that this, not only the other side of a year of fortune, but also will bring their own luck.

India: India's New Year's Day is known as "crying New Year's Day", "fasting New Year's Day". On the first day of the New Year, no one is allowed to be angry with anyone, let alone lose their temper. In some places, not only do not celebrate the New Year, but also hugged each other and cried. They believe that once New Year's Day begins, the years will pass easily - life is short - and they express their lamentation by crying. In some areas, people welcome the new year by fasting for a day and a night, from the early hours of New Year's Day until midnight.

MONGOLIA: With the arrival of the new year, elderly Mongolians dress up as shepherds, wearing plush leather jackets, a leather cap and a whip in their hands, which they keep snapping in the air as a blessing to ward off evil spirits.

Brazil: Brazilians on New Year's Day, held high torches, swarming mountain climbing. People scramble to find the golden birch fruit that symbolizes happiness. Only those who defy the odds can find this rare fruit. They call it the "search for happiness". In Brazil, there is a unique custom in the countryside -- that is, to pull each other's ears, people meet on New Year's Day, must pull each other's ears, to express blessings.

Pakistan: on New Year's Day, Pakistani people run out of the door with red powder in each hand, see friends and relatives, said the new happy, they will be coated with red powder on each other's foreheads, in order to celebrate the New Year's good luck.

Afghanistan: residents in the northern region of Afghanistan, every New Year's Day will be held in a fierce goat race to celebrate. Two teams of riders compete for the prey, and the race is both intense and festive.

Argentina: Argentines believe that water is the most sacred. On New Year's Day every year, families of young and old in groups to the river to wash the "New Year's bath" to wash away all the dirt on the body.

Mexico: Mexico, some areas of the people in the New Year is prohibited to laugh, they are a year *** divided into 18 months, 20 days a month, the last 5 days of the year are not allowed to laugh.

Bulgaria: New Year's Day meal, who sneezes who is allowed to bring happiness to the whole family, the head of the family will be the first sheep, cows or foals promised to him, in order to wish him to bring happiness to the whole family.

Paraguay: The Paraguayans have designated the last five days of the year as "Cold Food Days". During these five days, the heads of state, down to the ordinary people, can not move fireworks, only eat cold food, until New Year's Day, can not make a fire to cook, to celebrate the festivities.

Scotland: Scottish people on New Year's Eve, households will put some money in front of the door, unguarded, thieves and beggars in the evening, saw also not move a bit. Because of local customs, the eve of the New Year, the first money outside the door, the next day, the New Year's Eve, early in the morning when you open the door, you will see the door with money, to take its "wealth at first sight," the meaning of.

Spain: Spaniards in the new year and the eve of all family members are gathered together to celebrate with music and games. When midnight comes, the clock at twelve o'clock just started to ring the first ring, everyone will compete to eat grapes. If a person can eat 12 grapes according to the bell, he or she symbolizes that everything will go well in every month of the New Year. On New Year's Day, it is most taboo for children to curse, fight and cry, as these phenomena are considered bad omens. Therefore, on New Year's Day, adults always try to meet all the requirements of children. At the same time, this day people must carry a gold or copper coin to show good luck.

Belgium: In Belgium, on the morning of New Year's Day, the first thing to do in the countryside is to pay tribute to the animals. People go to cows, horses, sheep, dogs, cats and other animals, and fancifully to these living beings through: "Happy New Year!"

Turkey: In Turkey, on New Year's Eve, everyone takes a bath and puts on new clothes, which they believe will remove the bad luck of the past year and welcome the new year and good luck in the coming year.

Argentina: New Year's Day, families have to go to the river for the "New Year's Bath". Before entering the water, the first collection of flowers scattered on the river, and then, everyone jumped into the water to enjoy the bath, while using the petals to rub the body, in this country, the water is regarded as "holy" things.

Cuba: the night before New Year's Day, each person to prepare a bowl of water, hear the New Year's bell ringing, everyone quickly splash the water to the street, meaning "in addition to the New Year"

Colombia: the eve of the New Year's Day, the streets are made of very large puppets -- "the old year". "old year", and announced the "last words of the old year", "last words" of the content of the funny and interesting, to win people happy, at midnight will be "puppets "

Japan's last words of the old year were announced, and the content of the last words was funny and interesting to make people happy, and the puppet was blown up at midnight, and people sang and danced and celebrated with each other in the sound of the explosion that crushed the old year puppet.

Japan: Japanese people in the early morning of New Year's Day, the family went out to meet the rising sun, and then go to the shrine to worship, or to each other to friends and relatives to say hello. They call New Year's Day "Shoichi". On this day, they have a rich breakfast of sugar carrots, buckwheat noodles, and soba noodles, and drink Tusu wine. After that, they eat vegetarian food for three days to show piety and pray for good luck in the coming year.

Thailand: Thailand's traditional New Year, that is, "Songkran" ("Songkran" is the translation of the Sanskrit language), also known as the "Water Festival", the festival, people sprinkle each other with water. During the festival, people sprinkle water on each other and wish their elders a long and healthy life and their friends and relatives a lucky New Year with smiles on their faces. Unmarried young men and women use water to express their love for each other. Thai people on the first day of the new year in the window sill, the door put a pot of water, pray for the new year, the wind and rain.

Germany: Germans in the New Year's Day, every family should be set up a fir tree and horizontal tree, the leaves of the tree tied full of silk flowers, said the flowers like brocade, spring full of people. They are in the midnight of New Year's Eve New Year's Day before the moment, climbed to the chair, the bell rang, they jumped out of the chair, and will be a heavy weight thrown behind the chair back, to show that throw off the scourge of the New Year, jump into the New Year. In the German countryside is also circulating a New Year's custom - "climb a tree race", to show that step by step.

Egypt: Egyptians take the day of the Nile River as the beginning of the new year, called "New Year's Day". In some parts of Egypt, on New Year's Day, grains of crops such as soybeans, lentils, alfalfa and wheat, as well as small shoots of green plants, are offered to symbolize abundance. The more you offer to the gods, the more harvests you'll have on New Year's Day.

North Korea: Like China, North Korea also has the custom of putting up window flowers and peach symbols on New Year's Day to pray for heaven's blessing, drive away ghosts and monsters and bestow happiness. At dawn on New Year's Day, people stuffed some banknotes into pre-tied scarecrows and threw them to the crossroads, indicating that they sent away the evil and greeted the lucky and fortunate stars. At dusk, people burn the hair of the whole family that has fallen off during the year, wishing the family peace in all seasons. During the new year, the north Korean people in addition to enjoy the wine and food, but also must do a kind of glutinous rice with pine nuts, chestnut powder, date paste and honey, steamed into our country's eight treasures similar to the sweet rice to eat, in order to herald the family's prosperous days as sweet as honey.

Singapore: Lunar New Year's Eve, the children have the habit of observing the New Year's Eve until midnight to be parents to worship the gods and ancestors after the end of the activities can go to bed, the next day early in the morning is to get up early, happy from the elders to take the "red packet" (the New Year's Eve money) to see the dragon dance, lion dance team along the street, men and women dressed in festive costumes, bring gifts to visit relatives and friends. Men, women and children dressed in festive costumes, bring gifts to visit friends and relatives, everyone's face is filled with a festive atmosphere. On New Year's Day, people love to eat sweet rice cakes made of fried glutinous rice and brown sugar.

Italy: New Year's Eve in Italy is a night of revelry, when the night begins to fall, thousands of people flock to the streets, lighting firecrackers and fireworks, and even firing live ammunition. Men and women dance until midnight. Families pack up their old belongings and smash anything that can be broken in the house. Old pots, bottles and jars are thrown out the door to show that they are rid of bad luck and worries, which is their traditional way of saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new one.

Iran: The Islamic calendar is practiced in Iran, and its seasons and months are not fixed. In Iran, to celebrate the New Year is to celebrate the arrival of spring, often in late March of the calendar, New Year's Day to be celebrated for a week. People flock to the streets to build "bonfires" - "night fire", and then the whole family in turn from the night fire jumping around, indicating that the burning away of "bad luck "and usher in the light to drive away evil spirits and diseases, and happiness lasts forever. New Year's Eve to eat "seven dishes", the name of each dish should start with the letter "S", to show good luck. From the first to the third day of the New Year, people visit friends and relatives to wish each other a happy Spring Festival. On the last day of the New Year, the whole family goes on a trek to avoid evil.

France: Celebrate the New Year with wine, people start to drink from New Year's Eve until January 3 to end. The French believe that the weather on New Year's Day is a sign of the new year. Early in the morning on New Year's Day, they go out on the street to look at the wind to divine: blowing the south wind, the omen of wind and rain, the year will be safe and hot; blowing the west wind, there is a fishing and milking the harvest; blowing the east wind, the fruit will be high yield; blowing the north wind, it is a bad year.

Switzerland: Swiss people have the habit of fitness on New Year's Day, some of them go in groups to climb the mountain, standing on the top of the mountain in the face of the snow and ice, singing loudly about the good life; some in the mountains along the long snowy road skiing, as if looking for the road to happiness; some stilt-walking competitions, men and women, old and young people, and wishing each other good health. To fitness to meet the arrival of the new year.

Greece: On New Year's Day, every family will make a big cake with a silver coin inside. The host cuts the cake into pieces and distributes them to family members or visiting friends and relatives. Whoever eats the piece of cake with the silver coin becomes the luckiest person in the New Year and everyone congratulates him.

Romania: On the eve of New Year's Day, people erected tall Christmas trees and set up a stage in the square. Citizens burned fireworks while singing and dancing. Rural people pull wooden plows decorated with all kinds of colorful flowers to celebrate the New Year.