The "New Year's Day" in the history of China refers to "the first day of the first month". The calculation method of "the first month" was very inconsistent before the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the New Year's Day dates in previous dynasties were inconsistent. From Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, January of the lunar calendar was defined as the "first month", and the first day of January was called New Year's Day, which was used until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

After the Revolution of 1911, it was decided to use the Gregorian calendar in the first year of the Republic of China (the actual use was 19 12 years) and the Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day was designated as "New Year", but it was not called "New Year". 1949 The People's Republic of China adopted the Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day as New Year's Day, so New Year's Day is also called the Gregorian calendar year, the new calendar year or the Gregorian calendar year in China.

China New Year's Day always refers to the first day of the first month of the agricultural (summer and lunar) calendar. The "yuan" of "New Year's Day" means the beginning, which means the first. The beginning of every number on New Year's Day is called "yuan", "Dan" and pictographs, with the above "day" representing the sun and the below "one" representing the horizon.

"Dan" means that the sun rises from Ran Ran on the horizon, symbolizing the beginning of a day. People combine the words "Yuan" and "Dan", which means the first day of the new year. New Year's Day is also called "three yuan", that is, the yuan of the year, the yuan of the month and the yuan of the time.

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.

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!" "

Germany: During New Year's Day in Germany, every household should put up a fir tree and a horizontal tree, and the leaves are covered with silk flower, indicating that flowers are blooming and spring is everywhere.

At midnight on New Year's Eve, just before the arrival of the New Year, they climbed into the chair. As soon as the bell rang, they jumped out of the chair and threw a heavy object behind the back of the chair to show that they would throw away the disaster and jump into the New Year. In rural areas of Germany, there is also a custom of "tree climbing competition" to celebrate the New Year, in order to show a step-by-step promotion.