When does New Year's Eve become a legal holiday?

New Year's Eve was implemented as a legal holiday in 2007, but it is no longer a legal holiday in China from 20 14.

New Year's Eve is included as a legal holiday: The National Legal Holidays and Memorial Day Holidays, which was implemented on June 5438+1 October1,stipulates that the holiday time for national legal holidays such as Spring Festival and National Day is three days respectively. Before that, New Year's Eve was not a legal holiday, so it was included in the legal holiday, making the Spring Festival holiday last for three days, which is conducive to people's better enjoyment of traditional festivals.

In 2007, according to the National Holidays and Remembrance Days, New Year's Eve officially became a legal holiday in China. However, in 20 14, New Year's Eve was adjusted according to the State Council's decision to amend the National Holidays and Remembrance Days, and it was no longer a legal holiday in China.

The origin of New Year's Eve Festival

New Year's Eve, that is, New Year's Eve, is connected with the beginning of a year (New Year's Day). The old year was removed tonight, and the next day it was replaced with a new year. Therefore, it is considered that New Year's Eve, as a festival at the end of the year, originated from the ancient custom of exposing old cloth to worship ancestors at the end of the year, and New Year's Eve is a traditional festival to worship ancestors.

The ancient book says: "Heaven and earth are the foundation of life; Ancestors are the foundation of class. " It means that heaven and earth are the foundation of life, ancestors are the foundation of our human beings, and ancestor worship is the custom of inheriting filial piety.