The Origin and Legends of New Year's Day

The word "New Year's Day" has been around for a long time, and it first appeared in the Book of Jin in literary works.

At that time, Emperor Yao worked diligently for the people and did many good things for the people all his life. However, Yao's son was a loser, so he chose Shun, who was noble in character and outstanding in ability, instead of passing on his tribe to his son. Before Yao died, he also told Shun to pass on his seat to people with both ability and political integrity. After that, Shun passed on his seat to Yu, who had made contributions to water control. In fact, these leaders are very kind to the people and have done a lot of good things. Later, people regarded the day when Shun offered sacrifices to Yao as the beginning of a year, and the first day of the first month was called "New Year's Day", which is the origin and legend of New Year's Day.

New Year's Day is a legal holiday in our country. It is January 1st of Gregorian calendar, and most countries in the world also call it New Year's Day. "New Year's Day" in Chinese history refers to "the first day of the first month". However, it is worth noting that the calculation method of "the first month" was not uniform before the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.