19 12 years 1 month 1 day, the Republic of China was declared, and Sun Yat-sen was appointed as the interim president in Nanjing. In his oath of office, Sun Yat-sen ended with "New Year's Day of the first year of the Republic of China". This is the origin of "New Year's Day" in China.
1On September 27th, 949, the first China People's Political Consultative Conference decided to establish the People's Republic of China, and at the same time, it also decided to adopt the universal calendar method, that is, the solar calendar. New Year's Day refers to the first day of the first year of the year.
In order to distinguish the two New Year's days, and in view of the fact that the "beginning of spring" in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar is just before and after the Lunar New Year, the first day of the lunar calendar was renamed as "Spring Festival", and the Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day was designated as the beginning of the new year-"New Year's Day", which was listed as a legal holiday and became a national holiday.
Expert: The word "New Year's Day" is a native of China, and it has been used in the China lunar calendar for more than 4,000 years. However, the current Gregorian calendar "New Year's Day" is set at 1949, and with the arrival of 20 16 years, it is only "67 years old".
Every year 1 month 1 day marks the arrival of a new year. People are used to calling this day "New Year's Day", commonly known as "solar calendar year".
Custom culture:
New Year's Day in ancient China is the custom of Spring Festival in modern China.
New Year's Day in modern China was listed as a statutory holiday by the China government and became a national holiday. After a day off, we often adjust the weekend before or after that day, and generally rest for three days in a row. 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.
Since New Year's Day was born in the Republic of China and evolved from the Spring Festival, when China just started to celebrate New Year's Day, its customs and habits were of course mostly similar to the Spring Festival, or a scaled-down version of the Spring Festival.
Although some traditional ways of celebration are followed, such as setting off firecrackers, killing Sansheng, worshipping ghosts and gods, and worshipping ancestors, they do not occupy much important position in people's minds. In modern times, the custom of celebrating New Year's Day is even simpler.
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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.
Belgium: In Belgium, on the morning of New Year's Day, the first thing in the countryside is to pay New Year greetings to livestock. People go to cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, cats and other animals and tell these creatures with great seriousness: "Happy New Year!" "
Germany: During New Year's Day in Germany, every household should put up a fir tree and a horizontal tree, and the leaves are covered with silk flower, indicating that flowers are blooming and spring is everywhere. At midnight on New Year's Eve, just before the arrival of the New Year, they climbed into the chair. As soon as the bell rang, they jumped out of the chair and threw a heavy object behind the back of the chair to show that they would throw away the disaster and jump into the New Year.
In rural areas of Germany, there is also a custom of "tree climbing competition" to celebrate the New Year, in order to show a step-by-step promotion.
France: Celebrating the New Year with wine, people began to binge on New Year's Eve and didn't stop until 1 3. The French believe that the weather on New Year's Day heralds the new year.
On the morning of New Year's Day, they went to the streets to see the wind direction for divination: the south wind blows, which indicates that the weather will be good and the year will be safe and hot; There is a good harvest year for fishing and milking when the west wind blows; If the east wind blows, the fruit will yield high; When the north wind blows, it is a poor harvest year.
Italy: New Year's Eve in Italy is a carnival night. When night begins to fall, thousands of people flock to the streets, lighting firecrackers and fireworks, and even firing live ammunition.
Men and women danced until midnight. Every household collects old things, smashes some breakable things in the house, and throws all the old pots, bottles and cans out of the door, which means getting rid of bad luck and troubles. This is the traditional way for them to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year.
Switzerland: Swiss people have the habit of keeping fit on New Year's Day. Some of them go climbing in groups, standing on the top of the mountain facing the ice and snow and singing loudly about a better life. Some ski along the long snowy road in the mountains, as if looking for the road to happiness; Some hold stilt walking competitions, in which men, women and children go into battle together and wish each other good health. They greet the new year with fitness.
Romania: On New Year's Eve, people put up a tall Christmas tree and set up a stage in the square. The citizens were singing and dancing while burning fireworks. Rural people pull wooden plows decorated with colorful flowers to celebrate the New Year.
Bulgaria: When having dinner on New Year's Day, whoever sneezes will definitely bring happiness to the whole family. The owner promised him the first sheep, cow or pony to wish him happiness to the whole family.
Greece: On New Year's Day, every family will make a big cake and put a silver coin in it. The host cut the cake into several pieces and distributed them to family members or visiting relatives and friends. Whoever eats the cake with silver coins becomes the luckiest person in the New Year, and everyone congratulates him.
Spain: On New Year's Eve, all family members get together to celebrate with music and games. Midnight came, and as soon as the first stroke of twelve o'clock began, everyone scrambled to eat grapes. If you can eat 12 according to the bell, it symbolizes that everything goes well every month in the New Year.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-New Year's Day