New Year's Day, namely 1 on the Gregorian calendar, is commonly known as "Chinese New Year" in most countries in the world. Yuan means "start", and the beginning of each number is called "yuan"; Dan means "day"; New Year's Day means "the first day". New Year's Day is also called "three yuan", that is, year yuan, month yuan and hour yuan.
Yuan means "start", and the beginning of each number is called "yuan"; Dan means "day"; New Year's Day means "the first day". New Year's Day is also called "three yuan", that is, year yuan, month yuan and hour yuan. Due to the different geographical environment and calendar, in different times, the time positioning of New Year's Day in different countries and nationalities in the world is different. Now, the Gregorian calendar is increasingly recognized by countries all over the world. Most countries in the world adopt the international Gregorian calendar, and 1 in October every year is regarded as "New Year's Day". Countries that use the Gregorian calendar take Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/month as New Year's Day, which is a national holiday.
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Customs of New Year's Day:
The custom of ancient New Year is to set off firecrackers, change peaches, drink Tu Su wine, watch New Year's Eve and enjoy lanterns.
On New Year's Day, the ancient emperors of China held ceremonies to celebrate and pray for blessings, such as offering sacrifices to gods, ancestor worship, door couplets, writing blessings and dancing dragon lanterns, while folk activities such as offering sacrifices to Buddha, offering sacrifices to ancestors, posting Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, observing the New Year, having a reunion dinner and numerous "community fires" gradually took shape.
China's ancient New Year's Day diet is also rich and colorful. The Chronicle of Jingchu's Age records that Jingchu paid tribute to him on New Year's Day in the Southern Dynasties, and then he drank pepper and cypress wine, peach soup, Tu Su wine, chewed chewing gum (táng) and five coriander, sprinkled powder, and ate ghost pills, each with an egg. Among them, there are peach soup drinks, food and medicine, all of which have their own special meanings.
At present, the custom is that various organizations will organize various cultural activities, schools will organize New Year's Eve parties, companies will generally raise banners to celebrate New Year's Day, better units will offer some benefits, hold New Year's Eve parties, get together for dinner, or social organizations will organize New Year's Eve parties, theater parties and other programs.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-New Year's Day