The origin of New Year's Day. (About 30 words)

65438+1 October1Every year marks the arrival of a new year. People are used to calling this day "New Year's Day", commonly known as "solar calendar year".

The word "Chinese New Year" is a native product of China, which has been used in the China lunar calendar for more than 4,000 years. But now the Gregorian calendar "New Year's Day" is set at 1949, and with the arrival of 20 19, it is only "70 years old". 1 91265438+1October13rd, Dr. Sun Yat-sen issued the Provisional Presidential Decree on Promulgating the Almanac, stipulating that 65438+1October1is New Year's Day, but it is not New Year's Day. That is to say, according to this regulation, Chinese New Year falls on 1 day in the solar calendar. On the first day of the first lunar month, this festival no longer exists.

Although the government at that time also vigorously promoted the new calendar, it also took into account the traditions of thousands of years and the needs of people's lives and adopted the phenomenon that two calendars coexisted. The solar calendar is used for public administration, law enforcement and international communication, while the lunar calendar is used for serving agricultural time and daily life. However, there are two such New Year's Day dates. In order to better distinguish and address them, in 19 14, Yuan Shikai approved the official renaming of the traditional festival on the first day of the first lunar month as Spring Festival, and designated 1 in the solar calendar as New Year's Day.

In other words, Yuan Shikai moved the traditional word "New Year" to 1 in the solar calendar, giving the traditional first day of the first month a new name. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the first day of the first month is called the Spring Festival, and the Gregorian calendar 1 day is designated as New Year's Day. In other words, the New Year's Day we are celebrating now is the beginning of the New Year in A.D..