The earliest New Year's Day originated around 50,000 BC. The ancient Egyptians changed from nomadism to farming and settled on both sides of the Nile. Their agricultural harvest has a lot to do with whether the Nile floods. Through long-term observation, the ancient Egyptians found that the time of Nile flooding was regular, so they recorded this time on bamboo poles every time and learned that there were about 365 days between the two floods.
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. So the ancient Egyptians set this day as the beginning of the year, which is the earliest origin of "New Year's Day".
Other stories about the origin of New Year's Day
China's New Year's Day is said to have originated 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: "Emperor Zhuan Xu took the first month as the yuan, but it was actually the spring of New Year's Day". During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Xiao Ziyun's poem "Jie Ya" in the Southern Dynasties also included "New Year's Day in four seasons, long life and early spring.
The word "Chinese New Year" is a native product of ancient China. China has long had the custom of "Nian", which means people celebrate the harvest. Every year, 65438+ 10 1 is the first day of the New Year and the beginning of a new year. "New Year's Day" is a compound word. According to the single word "Yuan", a picture of the sun rising from the top of the mountain with clouds in the middle was found in the cultural relics excavation in Dawenkou, China.
According to textual research, this is the oldest writing method of the word "Dan" in China. Later, the simplified word "Dan" appeared on the bronze inscriptions in the Yin and Shang Dynasties. In the Xia Dynasty, Meng Xiyue (January) was the first month of the summer calendar, and the "summer calendar" came into being in the Xia Dynasty. Now, the first day of the first lunar month is called "the first day of the first month" and the first day of the year is called "the first day of the New Year".