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Is New Year's Day a holiday in China or a foreign holiday?

New Year's Day is not a national holiday, but a worldwide holiday. Although it is not a traditional festival in China, it is a legal holiday in China.

New Year's Day is a worldwide festival. In addition to New Year's Day in China, Britain, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Romania, Bulgaria, South Korea, Japan and other countries also celebrate New Year's Day. All countries that use the Gregorian calendar regard the annual date of 65438+ 10/month 1 as a special day, just calling it the laws of different countries.

It can be said that the whole world is celebrating New Year's Day. It can also be said that only China people celebrate New Year's Day, because New Year's Day is a unique name in China. Foreigners call 65438+1 October1New Year's Day. When the new year comes, people all over the world will hold celebrations. From the first year of the Republic of China, China decided to use the Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/month 1.

However, it was not called New Year's Day at that time, so it is not far away to set up a legal holiday on New Year's Day, and there are still rules to follow.

What is New Year's Day:

New Year's Day, that is, Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/,is commonly known as New Year's Day in most countries in the world. The beginning of each number is called Yuan, Dan and Day, which means the initial day. New Year's Day usually refers to the first day of the first month in the calendar.

In China, the word New Year's Day has existed since ancient times, and it was first seen in the Book of Jin in literary works. In the history of China, New Year's Day refers to the first day of the first month. Before the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, the calculation method of the first month was very inconsistent, and the date of New Year's Day in previous dynasties was also inconsistent.

After the Revolution of 1911, the Gregorian calendar was adopted in the first year of the Republic of China to keep summer, but it was not called New Year's Day. Chinese people took Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/as New Year's Day.