What day is 2023 New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve 2023 is January 21st.

New Year's Eve is the last night of the year. The last day of the year is called "年除", which means that the old year is removed and a new year is born. In addition to the meaning of removal, the evening refers to the night. "New Year's Eve" is the meaning of the night in addition to the year, also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, etc., when the end of the year's last night. New Year's Eve is to get rid of the old cloth new, family reunion, ancestor worship days, with the Qingming Festival, July 30th, Chung Yeung Festival is a traditional Chinese folk ancestor worship festival.

New Year's Eve, in the hearts of the people of China is of special significance, the end of the most important day of the year, wandering even further away from the wanderer is to rush home to reunite with their families, in the New Year's Eve, resignation of the old year, and to welcome the new spring. Since ancient times, New Year's Eve has been characterized by customs such as ancestor worship, New Year's celebration, reunion dinner, sticking New Year's red and hanging lanterns, etc., which have been passed down for a long time. Influenced by Chinese culture, New Year's Eve is also a traditional festival in countries in the Chinese character cultural circle as well as for Chinese nationals around the world.

Origin of the Festival

New Year's Eve is the end of the year when the old is removed and the new is brought in. New Year's Eve, the night of the New Year's Eve, is connected to the first and last days of the New Year. The old year to this eve and remove, the next day will be a new year, so it is commonly known as New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve as the end of the year festival, from the ancient times of the end of the year to get rid of the old and new, ancestor worship custom, the day of the New Year is the traditional festival of ancestor worship.

Ancient texts say, "Heaven and earth are the foundation of life, and ancestors are the foundation of the class. This means that heaven and earth are the foundation of life, and our ancestors are the foundation of our humanity, and ancestor worship is a custom of passing on filial piety. The earliest mention of the name "New Year's Eve" in the existing literature is in the Western Jin Dynasty, where Zhou Chu authored a local customary record called "Feng Tu Ji". Later, the day before New Year's Eve is called small, that is, small New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve is big, that is, New Year's Eve.