1, what does New Year's Day mean?

New Year's Day is 65438+ 10 1 on the Gregorian calendar, and it is also called "New Year" in most countries in the world. So, why is the first day of every year called New Year's Day?

Actually, the reason is very simple. The original meaning of the word "yuan" is not a monetary unit, but the meaning of "beginning, first". The Taoist name of Jiang Ziya's master is "Yuan Shi Tian Zun", which means that he is the earliest god in Taoism.

And the word "Dan" means "(someday)". Therefore, the word "New Year's Day" is the day when a year begins, or the first day of a year.

2. What are the aliases for Chinese New Year?

According to the historical records of China, "New Year's Day" has many different names in history.

This day was called "Jacky" in Cui Yuan's "The Inscription of Sanzi Chai" in Han Dynasty. Xin Lan, a poet in the Jin Dynasty, wrote a poem "Jacky":

"Jacky" Jacky Lingkai Festival, Jiaqing Zhao from here. Salty play for a thousand years, small big fun.

Wang Bai, a poet in the Song Dynasty, also wrote two Jacky:

"One of Yuan Zhengqi" was released for another year, and Xia's face was half drunk by wine. Sitting alone in the sun window, I asked my son to write Mei poems.

Poetry in Jacky II is still a teenager's feeling, and it is necessary to restore the original childlike innocence. When my heart goes in and out, how can I resist? I have a roll of Beijing Zhai Zhen in my hand.

In addition, there are Yuan Ri, (Yu of the Jin Dynasty elaborated Yang Du Fu), (Xia Shi of the Northern Qi Emperor), Yuan Shuo (retired from the DPRK to watch the war and return to the camp), opening the year, honoring the day, and the Chinese year. Among them, Wang Anshi wrote a famous "January Day":

"January Day", one-year-old firecrackers, spring breeze send warm into Tu Su. The rising sun sheds light on doors of each household, New peachwood charm is put up to replace the old.

But among many appellations, "New Year's Day" is the most common one. The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in the Book of Jin: "The pursuit of the emperor is based on the first month, which actually coincides with the spring of New Year's Day." In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Xiao Ziyun, a literary historian in the Southern Dynasties, wrote the poem "Elegance" with the theme of "New Year's Day in Four Seasons, Long Life in Early Spring".

3. Is New Year's Day in ancient China New Year's Day?

No. Because New Year's Day is 1 on the Gregorian calendar, but in ancient China, the calendar was the lunar calendar, so there is no New Year's Day in the modern sense.

In fact, New Year's Day in ancient China refers to the Spring Festival. In Wang Anshi's poem "January Day", it is clear that firecrackers are set off and Spring Festival couplets are posted.

The record in Wu Meng's dream in the Song Dynasty is more clear: "The first day of the first month is called New Year's Day, and the custom is called New Year's Day. This is the first one. " Shuotian is the first day of the lunar calendar, which is the first day of the first month.

But before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which month was the "first month" was also very inconsistent. In the Xia Dynasty, January in spring is the first month in the summer calendar, December in winter is the first month in the Shang Dynasty lunar calendar and November in winter is the first month in the weekly calendar.

After Qin Shihuang unified China, October was the first month in winter, so New Year's Day was the first day of October.

After the Han dynasty, due to different inheritance, there was chaos in which the month was the first month. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw it, he couldn't. I quickly ordered several ministers to improve the calendar, and finally stipulated that January in spring was the first month, and the first day of the first month was New Year's Day, which was used until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

4. When did modern New Year's Day begin?

As can be seen from the above analysis, New Year's Day is not a traditional festival in China. So when did modern New Year's Day begin?

After the revolution, the National Government issued the Circular of the Ministry of the Interior on the Conversion of the Republic of China to the Gregorian Calendar on the 2nd day of 1 9 1 year1month/kloc-0.

19 1 1 year 1 1 month 13 days (i.e. Gregorian calendar 1 91265438+1October) From then on, China began to use the Gregorian calendar, and called the Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/month 1 "New Year".

Then the problem is coming. Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10 1 uses the name "New Year". What should I do on the first day of the first lunar month? Can't it also be called "Chinese New Year"? Later, I came up with a name of "Spring Festival", which was approved and implemented by Yuan Shikai, and successfully solved the troubles on the first day of the first month.

Although the government vigorously promoted the new calendar, in the early Republic of China, people were still used to using the old calendar, and only the government, schools, newspapers and other units and institutions used the Gregorian calendar.

Therefore, New Year's Day and Spring Festival were once dubbed "the year of the Republic of China" and "the year of the people". At that time, Wang Kaiyun, a famous scholar, even wrote a pair of couplets mocking this situation: men and women have equal rights, and the public is right, and the old woman is right. You celebrate your year and I celebrate mine.

5. When was the current New Year's Day in China established?

1949 On September 27th, on the eve of the founding of New China, the first plenary session of the National People's Political Consultative Conference decided to adopt the international calendar year in People's Republic of China (PRC).

In order to distinguish between the solar calendar and the lunar calendar, the solar calendar 65438+ 10 1 is called "New Year's Day" and the first day of the first lunar month is called "Spring Festival".

At the same time, it is stipulated that "New Year's Day" is a legal holiday, and it is necessary to take a day off. On New Year's Day, I officially confirmed my identity, and it has not changed so far. Therefore, New Year's Day is actually a very "young" festival in China.