Together, the words "Yuan" and "Dan" mean the first morning of the new year, which means a happy reunion. The name of New Year's Day began with ancient timing and agricultural production.
In the Yin and Shang Dynasties, in order to grasp the time, festivals and facilitate farming, the "astronomers" at that time knew how to measure time by the activity of the moon, and the full moon was set as one month, the first day was the new moon, and the fifteenth day was the sun. The moon is full and missing twelve times, that is, twelve months, which is a year. ?
At that time, there was no "year", but the first month of twelve months was designated as the first month; It is the beginning of the year when the sun rises in the first month. At that time, it was called "January Day", also called "New Year's Day".
The custom of celebrating New Year's Day in different countries?
1, France: Celebrating the New Year with wine, people began to binge on New Year's Eve and didn't stop until 1 3. The French believe that the weather on New Year's Day heralds the new year.
On the morning of New Year's Day, they went to the streets to see the wind direction for divination: the south wind blows, which indicates that the weather will be good and the year will be safe and hot; There is a good harvest year for fishing and milking when the west wind blows; If the east wind blows, the fruit will yield high; When the north wind blows, it is a poor harvest year.
2. Britain: On the day before New Year's Day, every household must have wine in the bottle and meat in the cupboard. The British believe that if there is no leftover wine and meat, they will be poor in the coming year. In addition, the custom of "digging wells" is also popular in Britain in the New Year. People strive to be the first to draw water, thinking that the first person to draw water is a happy person and the water that is called is auspicious.
3. Belgium: In Belgium, on the morning of New Year's Day, the first thing in the countryside is to pay New Year greetings to livestock. People go to cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, cats and other animals and tell these creatures with great seriousness: "Happy New Year!" "