What is the meaning of New Year's Day?

New Year's Day, that is, January 1 of the Gregorian calendar, most countries in the world commonly known as "New Year". Yuan, said "the beginning", the beginning of the number is called "Yuan"; Dan, said "day"; "New Year's Day" means "the initial day". New Year's Day is also known as "three yuan", that is, the year of the yuan, the month of the yuan, the time of the yuan. Due to the different geographical environment and calendar, in different times, countries around the world, the positioning of the time of the New Year's Day of the various nationalities are not quite the same.

The term "New Year's Day" in Chinese history first appeared in the Book of Jin. In Chinese history, "New Year's Day" refers to "the first day of the first month", "the first month" calculation method, in the period before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is very inconsistent, the date of the New Year's Day of successive generations is not consistent. From the Han Wu Di, the provisions of the lunar calendar for January as the "first month", the first day of January called New Year's Day, has been used until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Origin of New Year's Day

The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in the poem "Zhuan Di's first month of the year of Meng Xia" (孟夏正月为元), which is actually the spring of the first day of the month of the first month of the first month of the first month of the first year of the first year of the first month of the first year of the first month. Jin Dynasty poet Xin Lan had a "Yuanzheng" poem: "Yuanzheng start the festival, Jiaqing Zhaozizhi. The goblet of 10,000 years was played in a small, common and joyful manner." Recorded the scene of the New Year's Day celebration.

The poem "Jieya" by Xiao Ziyun of the Southern Dynasty also recorded "New Year's Day of the four seasons, the beginning of the spring of ten thousand lives". Song Dynasty Wu Zimu "Dream Liang Records" about: "the first day of the first month, known as New Year's Day, commonly known as New Year's Day. A year of festival order, this is the first." The record.

Successive dynasties have been held on New Year's Day to celebrate ceremonial prayers and other activities, such as sacrifices to the gods and ancestors, write the door to hang Spring Festival couplets, writing the word "Fu", dance dragon lanterns, the folk have gradually formed a sacrifice to the gods and Buddhas, sacrifices to the ancestors, sticking Spring Festival couplets, firecrackers, year-end celebrations, eating reunion dinners as well as a lot of "social fire," and other recreational and celebratory activities. Ancient China's New Year's Day diet is colorful, "the Jing Chu chronicle" account is a concentrated reflection.

Jingchu New Year's Day in the Southern Dynasties, after worship, followed by into the pepper cypress wine, drink peach soup, into the tusu wine, gum teeth molasses (táng), five Xin plate. Into the dressing in the loose, serve but ghost pills, each eat an egg. Among them are peach soup drinks, food, and medicine, all in one, each with its own special meaning.

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