Is New Year's Day a legal holiday?

New Year's Day is an official holiday.

New Year's Day, which falls on January 1 of each year on the Gregorian calendar, is a holiday celebrated in most countries and regions of the world. However, in China, New Year's Day is not a traditional holiday, but a Western holiday introduced in recent times. Nevertheless, New Year's Day is still widely valued and celebrated in China.

China first started celebrating New Year's Day in 1984. At that time, the central government decided to make New Year's Day an official holiday to celebrate the New Year and reflect the spirit of socialism. Since then, New Year's Day has become an official holiday in China and the Chinese people have begun to hold various celebrations on this day.

In addition, New Year's Day is a total **** off of 3 days, but from the current state regulations, only January 1 is a national holiday, and the remaining 2 days are switched from the double holidays before and after. So the 1 day of overtime is a national holiday overtime, must pay overtime, the other 2 days, is a double holiday overtime, by the enterprise to decide to arrange for compensatory time off or give overtime pay.

New Year's Day customs are introduced:

1, sweeping dust

Sweeping dust is the Chinese people every year must go through things, but also from ancient times to the present day inherited traditional customs. Whenever a year is coming to an end, every family will have to do a big cleaning of their own living place, cleaning all kinds of kitchenware, wiping doors and windows and floors, and replacing bedsheets and bedding. The significance of dust sweeping is to drive all the bad things of the year out of the house and usher in a new year of good luck.

2, firecrackers

Firecrackers on New Year's Day were first used to drive away evil spirits. According to traditional folklore, it is said that firecrackers were set off on New Year's Day to expel the mandrill. The mandrill was a vicious one-horned ghost in ancient times, but it was most afraid of sound, so people used the blasting sound of burning bamboo to scare it away.

With gunpowder, people use gunpowder into the bamboo tube, made of firecrackers, and later made of paper tube, also known as firecrackers or cannonballs. In addition, New Year's Day firecrackers can create a festive atmosphere, after the release of firecrackers full of red on behalf of joy, happiness and good luck. Therefore, in this a festive holiday, will release firecrackers to celebrate.