The New Year is a popular festival in most countries in the world. Countries all over the world, especially in ancient times, have different dates. Most countries in the modern world have a calendar year of 1 October.
In China, because of the implementation of two different calendars, New Year has different definitions. According to the Gregorian calendar, October 1 every year is New Year's Day. According to the lunar calendar, the first day of the first month of each year is the New Year.
Cambodia takes Sakyamuni's birthday as its epoch, and every year, May of the Buddhist calendar (April 4-16 in Gregorian calendar) is the New Year. The New Year in Nepal and Bhutan is also in April.
Thailand regards the Songkran Festival, that is, the Rain Festival (from May 3 to May 5), as the New Year. ?
Egyptians regard the "summer solstice" (basically on June 22nd) as New Year's Day, that is, the day when Sirius rises with the sun and the Nile rises.
Ethiopia takes August 11 as the New Year, when the rainy season is coming to an end and the harvest is about to begin. ?
Myanmar celebrates the "Cross-Flower Festival" in mid-October. ?
Some places in India celebrate the New Year from October 31th to October 4th, which is called "Holi Festival". ?
The Philippines regards February 31th, the day when the national hero Paosai Rizal died, as the New Year.
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New Year's food around the world
China: Eat jiaozi, glutinous rice balls, hot pot, etc.
Japan: Japan calls the last day of the end of each year (February 31th in Gregorian calendar) the "big dark day", which is equivalent to the "New Year's Eve" in China. In Japan, on New Year's Day, every family gets together to eat buckwheat noodles. A bowl of noodles is called "Nianmian", which shows its status.
South Korea: On the New Year's Eve, the family reunion dinner is indispensable for the "five-grain rice"-rice made by mixing beans, soybeans, adzuki beans, black beans and rice. Besides eating, you should also drink soup-rice cake soup. Koreans collectively refer to the food they eat during the New Year as "New Year's Meal". There is a saying in South Korea that eating this piece of rice cake soup is only one year longer, but not growing up.
Spain: The most traditional activity in the New Year is to eat 12 grapes with the bell ringing at the turn of the new year. Each grape for the New Year also has different meanings, representing "peace", "harmony", "refuge" and "getting rid of illness" respectively. Eating twelve grapes when the twelfth bell rings indicates peace and joy in the next year.
America: Americans take Christmas as a new beginning of the year. On this day, roast turkey is indispensable for Christmas dinner. In addition to roast turkey, there is also cooked corn porridge, sometimes with a layer of cream and fruit on it, which is sweet and delicious.
France: It's not simple for the French to drink on New Year's Day. They have a saying: You can't leave any wine in the bottle at home, or you will think it will be bad luck next year. In order to pray for good luck in the coming year, many people drink all the wine at home on New Year's Eve, and get drunk for a aboveboard reason.
Germany: Germans usually have bean products such as lentil soup and peas on New Year's Eve, because they regard beans as a symbol of wealth, eat more beans, and their wealth will roll in next year. In addition to eating beans, they also believe that putting some fish scales in their pockets will bring good luck, so fish is also very popular in Germany's New Year's Eve. Of course, sausages, potatoes and German beer are also essential foods to celebrate the New Year.
Russia: Russians like to eat hot food, buns and patties, among which pies are essential for Russian New Year's Eve. Pies have a good meaning of harvest, health and so on, and are served with caviar jam. Due to the cold climate in Russia, Russian dishes are heavy in taste and use more oil. Typical foods include roast duck or goose, cheese, black caviar, sausage, roast chicken and bread with butter.
When the Greeks celebrate the New Year, the family will make a New Year cake called extra-large bread on the last day of the year. When the New Year bell rings, the cake is cut. It is interesting to put a coin in the cake. If anyone eats this coin, then whoever will make big money and be lucky in the new year.
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