1, New Year's Day, China Festival, commonly known as "New Year" in most countries in the world, is the first day of the Gregorian calendar new year.

2. In ancient China, the first day of the twelfth lunar month and October was regarded as New Year's Day, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began with the lunar calendar 1 month 1 day, which was extended. The date of the Republic of China was Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day, which was defined when the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949. At the same time, the lunar calendar 1 month/day was designated as "Spring Festival", so New Year's Day was also called "new calendar" and "solar calendar" in China. The word "New Year's Day" is a local product of China, which has been used for more than 4,000 years.

3. 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".

4. 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.

5. The "New Year's Day" mentioned today is the first plenary session of the China People's Political Consultative Conference on September 27th, A.D. 1949. When it was decided to establish a Republic of China, it was also decided to adopt the world-wide calendar method, and the Gregorian calendar 1 month/day was officially designated as "New Year's Day".

6. "Yuan" has the meaning of beginning, and "Dan" refers to the time of dawn and also refers to the day. New Year's Day is the first day of the year. The word "New Year's Day" originated from Xiao Ziyun's poem "Jieya" in the Southern Dynasties: "Four Qi New Year's Day, long life." In the Song Dynasty, Wu Zimu's Dream of Liang Lu, Volume 1, the entry of "the first month": "The first month of the new year is called New Year's Day, and the custom is called New Year's Day. One-year-old festival, this is the first. "

7. On New Year's Day, it is called "Yuanri" in Shu Shun Dian, and "Yuanzheng" in Cui Yuan's "Sanzi Chai Ming" in Han Dynasty; In the Jin Dynasty, Yu explained that Yang Du Fu was called "Yuan Chen"; In the Northern Qi Dynasty, it was called "Yuan Chun" in an article "Yuan Hui Da Xiang Ge Huang Xia Ci". Tang Dezong Li Shi called it "Yuan Shuo" in the poem "Retire from the DPRK to watch the army fight and return to camp on the Yuan Day".

8. There are different names for New Year's Day in Chinese dialects, some are called "New Year's Day", some are called "Big Day", some are called "New Year's Day", and they are generally called "the first day of the first month".

9. 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.

10, Belgium: In Belgium, on the morning of New Year's Day, the first thing in the countryside is to pay New Year greetings to the animals. People go to cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, cats and other animals and tell these creatures with great seriousness: "Happy New Year!" "