In Chinese, "yuan" is the beginning, that is, the first; "Dan" means a day or morning. Together, these two words mean the first day of the New Year.

The origin of New Year's Day

In the calendar, people are used to calling the 1 period of the earth around the sun 1 year. However, because the earth's orbit around the sun has no fixed starting point and ending point, the starting point and ending point of a year are artificially stipulated, which leads to the inconsistency of various calendars. According to legend, the word "New Year's Day" comes from Zhuan Xu, one of the earliest emperors in China. He defined the first month of the lunar calendar as "Yuan" and the first day as "Dan". Later, some dynasties changed the date of New Year's Day, but in principle, the first day of each year is still regarded as New Year's Day. For example, the Xia Dynasty regarded the first day of the first month as New Year's Day, but the Shang Dynasty regarded it as New Year's Day. The Zhou Dynasty was 1 1, and the Qin Dynasty was 1. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty that the great historian Sima Qian and others reformulated the calendar, stipulating that the first day of the first month of each year was New Year's Day, and it has not changed since then.

19 1 1 After the success of the Revolution of 1911, it was decided to adopt the international Gregorian calendar, so the New Year's Day of the lunar calendar was changed to "Spring Festival" and 1 day of the Gregorian calendar was called New Year's Day. When New China was founded, the "AD Chronology Law" was officially used, and the annual Gregorian calendar 1 was designated as New Year's Day.

At present, most countries in the world take 65438+ 10 1 as New Year's Day, because most of them adopt the international Gregorian calendar. However, some countries and nationalities have different New Year's Day dates because of their local calendar traditions, religious beliefs, customs and seasonal climate, which makes the world more colorful and ethnic.

New Year's Day is a traditional New Year for people all over the world. New Year's Day is the first day of the year. New Year's Day is a compound word. In terms of disassembly, Yuan means the first or the beginning. Dan's original intention is that a red sun rises from the ground.

In China, the name "New Year's Day" refers to Zhuan Xu, one of the legendary three emperors and five emperors. He regards the first month of the lunar calendar as Yuan and the first day as Dan. According to Historical Records, in the Xia Dynasty, the first day of the first month was regarded as New Year's Day. In the Zhou Dynasty, the first day of November was New Year's Day. Qin regards the first day of October as the New Year. After the Revolution of 1911, China called the first day of the first month the Spring Festival, and the Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10 1 called the New Year, not New Year's Day. It wasn't until 1 September 27th, 949 that the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference adopted the method of calendar year, and the Gregorian calendar1was officially designated as New Year's Day, and the first day of the first lunar month was designated as Spring Festival.

When was the New Year's Day in China confirmed? What's the point?

New Year's Day in ancient China is not the current "Gregorian calendar"-Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day. From the first day of the twelfth lunar month in Yin to the first day of the first lunar month in Han, there have been many repeated changes. During the period of the Republic of China, 19 12 and 1 When Sun Yat-sen took office as interim president in Nanjing at the beginning of the year, it was "timely farming" and "convenient statistics". The first day of the first lunar month is designated as the Spring Festival, and the first day of the solar calendar is changed to 1 as "New Year's Day", but it is still called "New Year's Day". It was not until after liberation that the Central People * * * promulgated the unified use of "national statutory holidays and anniversaries", designated the Gregorian calendar 1 as New Year's Day, and decided to have a national holiday on this day. At the same time, in order to distinguish the two New Years, and in view of the fact that the "beginning of spring" in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar is just around the Lunar New Year, the first day of the first lunar month is called the "Spring Festival".

The "yuan" of "New Year's Day" refers to the beginning, which means the first. The beginning of each number is called "yuan"; "Dan" is a hieroglyph, with the upper "sun" representing the sun and the lower "one" representing the horizon. "Dan" means that the sun rises from the horizon of Ran Ran, symbolizing the beginning of a day. People put "Yuan" and "Dan" together, which means the first day of the New Year. New Year's Day is also called "three yuan", that is, year yuan, month yuan and hour yuan. The word "Chinese New Year" originated from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. The Book of Jin written by Tang Fang and others uploaded: "Chasing the emperor takes the first month as the yuan, which is the spring of New Year's Day." That is, the first month is Yuan and the first day is Dan. Lan Ziyun, a native of the Southern Dynasties, once wrote the poem "Jieya": "Four Qi New Year's Day, long life begins today."

There is also a legend that more than 4,000 years ago, when Yao and Shun were prosperous, when Emperor Yao was in power, he worked diligently for the people and did many good things for the people, which was deeply loved by the people. However, due to his son's incompetence, he passed the throne of "Emperor" not to his son, but to Shun, who has both ability and political integrity. Yao said to Shun, "You must pass on the throne in the future, and you will be relieved when I die." Later, Shun passed the throne to Yu, who made great contributions to flood control. Yu also loves the people and has done many good things for the people like Shun, and is deeply loved by the people. Later, after Yao's death, people took the day of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth and the first emperor Yao as the beginning of the year, and called the first day of the first month "New Year's Day" or "Jacky", which was the ancient New Year's Day. On New Year's Day, emperors of all dynasties held ceremonies of offering sacrifices and blessing, such as offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, writing couplets on doors, writing blessings and dancing dragon lanterns. People have gradually formed entertainment celebrations such as offering sacrifices to Buddha, ancestor worship, posting couplets, setting off firecrackers, celebrating the New Year, having a reunion dinner and numerous "social fires". Lan Xin, a poet in the Jin Dynasty, once wrote a poem "Jacky": "Jiaqing was born here in Jacky. Fairy plays for thousands of years, and small and big have fun. " Describe the celebration of New Year's Day.

After the Republic of China, although 65438+1 October 1 was designated as the New Year, at that time, only institutions, schools and ocean trips had holidays1day. The common people do not admit it, but also inherit the old habit of taking the first day of the lunar calendar as the New Year. Therefore, there are no celebrations on the streets and among people in old Beijing. After liberation, the first day of 65438+1 October1was renamed "New Year's Day". However, according to the lunar calendar which has been used for thousands of years, during the winter leisure period around beginning of spring, * * * still held a three-day holiday in the Spring Festival, and held folk festivals such as "Temple Fair" to inherit the wishes of the people and thousands of years of folk customs.

65438+1 October1Why is it called New Year's Day? What does New Year's Day mean?

China's New Year's Day is said to have started in Zhuan Xu, one of the three emperors and five emperors, with a history of more than 3,000 years. The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in the Book of Jin: "It is actually the spring of New Year's Day when the emperor was transferred to the first month." In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Xiao Ziyun's poem "Elegance in the Southern Dynasties" also recorded "New Year's Day in four seasons, long life in early spring". China first called the first day of the first lunar month "New Year's Day". Meta means "early" and "beginning" and refers to "day". Together, New Year's Day is the first day of the year. The date of the first day of the first month was also very different before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the New Year's Day of the past dynasties is not consistent. Meng Xiyue (1 month) is the first month of the Xia calendar, the twelfth month of the Shang lunar calendar (1February) and the winter month of the week calendar (1 1 month). After Qin Shihuang unified China, Yangchun month (October) was the first month, that is, the first day of October was New Year's Day. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it has been stipulated that Meng Xiyue (January) is the first month, and Meng Xiyue (the first day of the first month in the summer calendar) is called New Year's Day, which has been used until the end of the Qing Dynasty. But this is the summer calendar, that is, the lunar calendar or lunar calendar, and it is not what we call New Year's Day today. In A.D. 19 1 1, the Revolution of 1911 led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the rule of the Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China. In order to "follow the agricultural season, so follow the western calendar, so do statistics", the first year of the Republic of China decided to use the Gregorian calendar (actually used as 19 12), and stipulated that Gregorian calendar 1 was called "New Year's Day", but not "New Year's Day". Today's "New Year's Day" is the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference on September 27th, A.D. 1949. When we decided to establish the Republic of China, we also decided to adopt the universal calendar, officially designated the Gregorian calendar 1 as "New Year's Day" and changed the first day of the first lunar month to "Spring Festival". Around 50,000 BC, the ancient Egyptians had changed from nomadism to farming and settled on both sides of the Nile, and their agricultural harvest was closely related to whether there was a flood in the Nile. The ancient Egyptians found that the time of Nile flooding was regular from long-term observation, so they recorded this time on bamboo poles every time, and learned that the interval between two flooding times was about 365 days. At the same time, it was found that when the Nile came near Cairo at high tide today, the sun and Sirius rose from the horizon at the same time. Therefore, the ancient Egyptians set this day as the beginning of the year. This is the earliest origin of New Year's Day. New Year's Day is a compound word in Chinese, which means beginning or first. Dan is a hieroglyph, which means that the sun rises from the horizon. There are hieroglyphics of "Dan" on bronzes in China during the Yin and Shang Dynasties. People call 1 day in the solar calendar every year "New Year's Day". Why? It turns out that in Chinese, "yuan" is the beginning, that is, the first; "Dan" means a day or morning. Together, these two words mean the first day of the New Year. But this is not fixed from the beginning. The origin of New Year's Day is in the calendar. People used to call the period of the earth around the sun 1 year as 1 year. However, because the earth's orbit around the sun has no fixed starting point and ending point, the starting point and ending point of a year are artificially stipulated, which leads to the inconsistency of various calendars. According to legend, the word "New Year's Day" comes from Zhuan Xu, one of the earliest emperors in China. He defined the first month of the lunar calendar as "Yuan" and the first day as "Dan". Later, some dynasties changed the date of New Year's Day, but in principle, the first day of each year is still regarded as New Year's Day. For example, the Xia Dynasty regarded the first day of the first month as New Year's Day, but the Shang Dynasty regarded it as New Year's Day. The Zhou Dynasty was 1 1, and the Qin Dynasty was 1. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty that the great historian Sima Qian and others reformulated the calendar, stipulating that the first day of the first month of the first month of each year was New Year's Day, and it has not changed since then. 19 1 1 After the success of the Revolution of 1911, it was decided to adopt the international Gregorian calendar, so the New Year's Day of the lunar calendar was changed to "Spring Festival" and 1 day of the Gregorian calendar was called New Year's Day. When New China was founded, the "AD Chronology Law" was officially used, and the annual Gregorian calendar 1 was designated as New Year's Day. At present, most countries in the world take 65438+ 10 1 as New Year's Day, because most of them adopt the international Gregorian calendar. However, some countries and nationalities have different New Year's Day dates because of their local calendar traditions, religious beliefs, customs and seasonal climate, which makes the world more colorful and ethnic. New Year's Day is a traditional New Year for people all over the world. New Year's Day is the first day of the year. New Year's Day is a compound word. Taken apart, yuan means the first or the beginning. Dan's original intention is that a red sun rises from the ground. ......

What does this poem mean on New Year's Day?

The first day of the lunar month

[Song] Wang Anshi

Except for the one-year-old in firecrackers,

The spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.

Thousands of families are dying,

Always trade new peaches for old ones.

Translation:

In the sound of firecrackers, the old year was sent away and the new year was ushered in. Spring breeze sends warm wind into Tu Su wine. At dawn, every family took off their old peach charms and put on new ones to welcome the Spring Festival.

The first sentence, "One year old in firecrackers", sent away the old year and ushered in the new year in firecrackers. Sentences are closely related to the topic, rendering the lively and joyful atmosphere of the Spring Festival. The second sentence, "Spring Breeze send warm Bites Tu Su", describes people drinking Tu Su's wine heartily under the warm spring breeze. The third sentence, "Every family is dying", is written that the glory of the rising sun shines on every family. Using "absolutely" to express the splendid scene at sunrise symbolizes the infinite bright future. In the conclusion, the phrase "Always exchange old symbols for new peaches" not only describes the folk custom at that time, but also contains the meaning of exchanging new cloth for old cloth. "Fu Tao" is a kind of red wooden board painted with gods, which is hung on the door to ward off evil spirits. Every new year's day, take off the old peach symbol and put on a new one. "New peaches for old symbols" closely echoes the first sentence of firecrackers to send the old year, vividly showing the scene of Vientiane renewal. Wang Anshi is both a politician and a poet. Many of his poems about scenery and things contain strong political content. Through the description of New Year's Day and the new atmosphere of New Year's Day, this poem expresses its ambition, optimism and self-confidence of ruling reform, eliminating the old and enriching the people.

The whole poem is light in writing and bright in color, and the prospect of the eyes is in harmony with the water in the heart. This is indeed a good poem with profound implications. January: The first day of the first lunar month.

Firecracker: the crackling sound made by the ancients when they burned bamboo. It was used to ward off evil spirits and later evolved into setting off firecrackers.

One year old except: one year has passed. Except go.

Tu Su: Medicine Hotel. An ancient custom, exorcising evil spirits and avoiding plague in order to live longer.

Bend: It looks bright at sunrise.

Peach: the symbol of peach. In ancient times, it was a custom to write the names of two door gods on a mahogany board and hang them around the gate to exorcise ghosts and eliminate evil spirits, and change them every year.

Modern Translation of Ancient Poetry

Firecrackers drove away the old year, and the spring breeze sent hot drinks to Tusu to avoid disaster and seek happiness. Thousands of families ushered in the rising sun in the first month, and they always replaced the old peach charms with new door gods.