Modern New Year's Day is on the first day of the Gregorian calendar, namely 1 month 1 day, which is listed as a legal holiday and becomes a national holiday. There is one day off, and generally three days off. The celebration of New Year's Day in modern China is much less important than the Spring Festival. General organs and enterprises will hold year-end collective celebrations, but there are few folk activities. In modern times, it is popular to send greeting cards and listen to New Year bells on New Year's Day in China.
The origin of New Year's Day:
1, the origin of New Year's Day "Yuan" has the meaning of beginning and beginning, and it is morning, so the word "New Year's Day" is the initial morning in Chinese, that is, the beginning of a year. There is a poem in the Book of Jin: "The first month of Meng Xia is the first month of Zhui Emperor, but it is actually the spring of New Year's Day", which is the earliest place where the word "New Year's Day" appears. The first day of the first lunar month became "New Year's Day".
2. 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: "Zhuan Di took the first month of Meng Xia as the yuan, but it was actually the Spring of New Year's Day". During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Xiao Ziyun's poem Jieya in the Southern Dynasties also recorded "New Year's Day in Four Seasons, Long Life in Early Spring".
3. China first called the first day of the first lunar month "New Year's Day". Yuan means "early" and "beginning" and refers to "day". New Year's Day is collectively called "initial day", that 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.