The origins, customs and riddles of New Year's Day

Introduction to Chinese Traditional Festivals - New Year's Day

China's New Year's Day, according to legend, originated from Zhuan Xu, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and has a history of more than 3,000 years. The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in the "Book of Jin": "Emperor Zhuan took the first month of Mengxia as the Yuan Dynasty, which is actually the spring of New Year's Day in Zhengshuo". During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Xiao Ziyun's poem "Jie Ya" in the Southern Dynasties also recorded the saying "New Year's Day for all four seasons, early spring for longevity".

China was the first to call the first day of the first lunar month "New Year's Day". Yuan means "beginning" and "beginning", and dan refers to "days". New Year's Day collectively means "the initial days", that is, The first day of the year. The date on which the first day of the first lunar month was calculated was also very inconsistent before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the New Year's Day month and day in the past dynasties are not consistent. The lunar calendar of the Xia Dynasty took Meng Xi month (Yuan month) as the first month, the Yin calendar of the Shang dynasty took the twelfth month (December) as the first month, and the Zhou calendar of the Zhou dynasty took the winter month (November) as the first month. After Qin Shihuang unified China, he took Yangchun month (October) as the first month, that is, the first day of October as New Year's Day. Starting from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Meng Xiyue (January) was designated as the first month, and the first day of Meng Xiyue (the first day of the first lunar month in the lunar calendar) was called New Year's Day, which was still used until the end of the Qing Dynasty. But this is the lunar calendar, that is, the lunar calendar or the lunar calendar, and it is not what we call New Year's Day today.

In 1911 AD, the Revolution of 1911 led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the rule of the Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China. In order to "make Xia Zhengzheng, so it follows the agricultural time, and it follows the Western calendar, so it is convenient for statistics", it was decided to use the Gregorian calendar in the first year of the Republic of China (actually used in 1912), and stipulated that January 1 of the Gregorian calendar (Gregorian calendar) was the "New Year", but it was not It's called "New Year's Day".

The "New Year's Day" mentioned today is the first plenary meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on September 27, 1949. While deciding to establish the People's Republic of China, it also decided to The world-wide AD calendar was adopted, and January 1st of the Gregorian calendar was officially designated as "New Year's Day", and the first day of the first lunar month was changed to "Spring Festival".

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The origin of New Year's Day

"Yuan" means the beginning, and "Dan" refers to the time of dawn, also Generally refers to daytime. New Year's Day is the first day of the year. The word "New Year's Day" first came from the poem "Jie Ya" by Xiao Ziyun, a Liang native in the Southern Dynasties: "The four qi new New Year's Day, Wanshou is the beginning of this dynasty." The "First Month" entry in Volume 1 of Wu Zimu's "Meng Liang Lu" in the Song Dynasty: "The first day of the first lunar month is called New Year's Day. , commonly known as New Year's Day.

The month and day of New Year's Day in our country are not consistent in the Xia Dynasty, on the first day of December, in the Zhou Dynasty, on the first day of November. , and the first day of the first lunar month was regarded as New Year's Day, and it has remained unchanged since then ("Historical Records"). In the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar", and then the first day of the first lunar month was regarded as New Year's Day, in line with the provisions of the Xia Dynasty. The same, so it is also called the "Xia Calendar", which was used until the Revolution of 1911. In order to "follow the summer calendar, so it is in line with the agricultural season; from the Western calendar, so it is convenient for statistics", the first day of the first lunar month (New Year's Day) was designated as the Spring Festival. January 1 of the Western calendar (Gregorian calendar) is the New Year.

In modern times, New Year's Day refers to the first day of the year in the Christian era. Since the introduction of the Western calendar into our country, the term New Year's Day has been used exclusively for the New Year. Year is called the Spring Festival.

Before that, New Year's Day always referred to the first day of the lunar calendar. Yuan means "beginning" and "beginning", and Dan means "day". It is the "first day", which is the first day of the year.

On September 27, 1949, the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference resolved: “The Chinese People’s Republic of China adopts the AD calendar system for its calendar year,” which is what we call the Gregorian calendar. In order to distinguish between the two new years of the lunar calendar and the solar calendar , and because the "Beginning of Spring" in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar happens to be around the Lunar New Year, the first day of the first lunar month was renamed the "Spring Festival", and the first day of the first lunar month was designated as the "New Year's Day". Only then did New Year's Day become a national People's joyful festival.

Celebrating the beginning of the New Year and celebrating New Year's Day can be said to be a common custom in various countries and regions around the world. In our country, it is also included as a national holiday. Our country and most countries and regions in the world adopt the Gregorian calendar and designate January 1st as the beginning of the new year, called "New Year's Day".

Since countries around the world are located at different longitudes and have different times, the date of "New Year's Day" is also different. For example, Tonga, an island country in Oceania, is located on the west side of the date line. It is the first place in the world to start the day and is also the first country to celebrate New Year's Day. Western Samoa, located east of the date line, is the latest place in the world to start a new day. According to the Gregorian calendar, our country is the 12th country in the world to start the New Year.

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The origin of New Year's Day

"Yuan" means the beginning, and "Dan" refers to the time of dawn, and also generally refers to the day. New Year's Day is the first day of the year. The word "New Year's Day" first came from the poem "Jie Ya" by Xiao Ziyun of the Southern Dynasty: "The four qi are new to the New Year's Day, and Wanshou is the beginning of this dynasty." The "First Month" entry in Volume 1 of Wu Zimu's "Meng Liang Lu" in the Song Dynasty: "The first day of the first lunar month is called New Year's Day. It is commonly called the New Year. This is the first of the year-old festivals; it is called "Yuan Zheng" in Cui Yuan's "San Zi Chai Ming" in the Han Dynasty; it is called "Yuan Chen" in "Yangdu Fu" by Yu Chan in the Jin Dynasty. In the Northern Qi Dynasty, it was called "Yuan Chun" in an article called "Xia Ci of the Yuan Hui Da Xiang Ge Huang"; in the poem "Yuan Day, the emperor retired from the court to watch the army and return to camp" written by Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty, it was called "Yuan Shuo". Traditionally, New Year's Day refers to the first day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar. There are different names in various Chinese dialects, some are called "New Year's Day", some are called "Datian New Year's Day", some are called "New Year's Day", and generally they are called "New Year's Day". The month and day of New Year's Day in our country have not been consistent throughout the ages. In the Xia Dynasty, it was on the first day of the first lunar month, in the Shang Dynasty, it was on the first day of the twelfth lunar month, and in the Zhou Dynasty, it was the first day of the eleventh lunar month. After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, the first day of the tenth lunar month was designated as New Year's Day, and it has been unchanged in all dynasties since then ("Historical Records"). In the first year of Emperor Taichu of the Han Dynasty, Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar", and then the first day of the first lunar month was designated as New Year's Day, which was the same as the Xia Dynasty regulations, so it was also called the "Xia Calendar", which was used until the Revolution of 1911. After the founding of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen designated the first day of the first lunar month (New Year's Day) as the Spring Festival, and January 1 of the Western calendar as the New Year, in order to "run the summer season, so it is in line with the agricultural season; and from the Western calendar, so it is convenient for statistics."

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1. The origin of New Year’s Day

Yuan means the beginning, and Dan refers to the time of dawn , also refers to daytime. New Year's Day is the first day of the year. The word "New Year's Day" first came from the poem "Jie Ya" by Xiao Ziyun of the Southern Dynasties: The four qi are the new year's day, and the long life is the beginning of the present day. The entry for the first lunar month in Volume 1 of Wu Zimu's "Meng Liang Lu" of the Song Dynasty: The first day of the first lunar month is called New Year's Day, commonly known as New Year. This is the first of the first year-old festivals.

; in the Han Dynasty Cui Yuan's "San Zi Chai Ming" it is called Yuan Zheng; in the Jin Dynasty Yu Chan's "Yang Du Fu" it is called Yuan Chen; in the Northern Qi Dynasty a piece of "Yuan Hui Da Xiang Ge Huang Xia Ci" is called Yuan Chun; Li Shi, Dezong of the Tang Dynasty, called it Yuanshuo in his poem "Retreating from the DPRK to Watch the Army and Return to Camp on the Yuan Day". Traditionally, New Year's Day refers to the first day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar. There are different names in various Chinese dialects, some are called the first day of the Lunar New Year, some are called the first day of the Lunar New Year, some are called the first day of the Lunar New Year, and generally they are also called the first day of the first lunar month.

The month and day of New Year's Day in our country are not consistent in the past dynasties. In the Xia Dynasty, it was on the first day of the first lunar month, in the Shang Dynasty, it was on the first day of the twelfth lunar month, and in the Zhou Dynasty, it was the first day of the eleventh lunar month. After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, the first day of the tenth lunar month was designated as New Year's Day, and it has been unchanged in all dynasties since then ("Historical Records"). In the first year of Emperor Taichu of the Han Dynasty, Sima Qian created the Taichu calendar, and then the first day of the first lunar month was designated as New Year's Day, which was the same as the Xia Dynasty regulations, so it was also called the Xia calendar, which was used until the Revolution of 1911. After the founding of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen followed the agricultural season in order to carry out the summer season. According to the Western calendar, for the sake of statistics, the first day of the first lunar month (New Year's Day) was designated as the Spring Festival, and January 1 of the Western calendar was regarded as the New Year.

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Riddle word puzzle A

Riddle hints and answers

If you want to talk but have no words, listen to the running water and guess one word

Light up the campfire and shine on the riverside and guess one word

With bad intentions, you can’t say anything but guess one word Ya

Always two o'clock, always two o'clock, guess one word, be careful

The sun sets in the west, and the moon hangs in the east, guess one word, it will be clear

Where can I guess the word, madam? Two

I can’t stop guessing the word four

If there is more than one day, if there is not enough money, guess the word door

Write a white cross with a black pen and guess the word ya

Guessing one word is enough for a thousand words

Whether it is valuable or not depends on these two points. Guessing one word is enough.

The girl from Baodao starts by guessing one word

Guess the word weight when we meet thousands of miles apart

Guess the word for the entrance to Tianding

Guess the word "ya" for walking with me

Can't say anything but guess the word Character recognition

The second lady guesses the character posture

Guess the character Luo for propriety, justice and shame

Guess the character Shantou by the mountains and rivers

Item Add two dots to the word, don’t do it. Guess the word congratulations

Fifteen days (half a month) Guess the word fat

Ninety-nine (one less makes it a hundred) ) Guess the word "white"

Guess the word "cao" with a high song and the sunset

The two mountains are opposite and connected, with dangerous peaks in the middle. Guess the word "cause"

Tanaka guesses the number ten

The rising sun guesses the number nine

Cut the weeds without removing the roots and guess the number early

Gold, wood, water and fire (lack of earth) ) Guess the word Kan

Spring and autumn are neither hot nor guess the word Qin

Wave goodbye and guess the word army

The joy of Nongwa Guess the word Qin

Enjoy Zhang's joy and guess the word nephew

Don't guess the word "Zha" from yesterday

One horizontal word is missing from the straight word, so don't guess the word "Zha".

Guess Yizi Tian when there is no rain for a long time

Guess Yizi Kuai when people are unprepared

Guess Yizi Li when people are not in their position

Guess one word pill at nine o'clock

Guess one word dou at twelve o'clock

Guess one word juice at thirteen o'clock

Guess one word at sixteen or two The word repulse

A tree walks through the middle of the field and guesses the word east

The short winter melon guesses the word shoot

The one-eyed dragon guesses the word province

Guess the word "fish" in an acre of land without head or tail

This character has eight horizontal lines and eight openings. Even Confucius, who asked ten questions, did not know how to guess the word "dumb"

If a fool guesses the word "fish"

Why not guess the one-word fairy if you give half of it

Talk and guess the one-word fairy while playing

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Riddle word puzzle B

Riddle hints and answers

Don’t be embarrassed and guess the meaning of a word

Guess the word "Min" for a scholarly family background

Mirror

Guess one word for the middle person

Guess one word for New Year's Day

Guess one word for "sitting"

Guess one word for everyone

I don’t have him, there is no place in the sky to guess a word

I can’t see a bird flying to guess a word stork

Give it to someone to guess a word

The Decameron, guess the word "Qin"

No money to guess the word "qin"

Interrupt the thought and guess the word "heart"

Have a guess and guess the word "plunder"

Goodbye guess one word disguise

Unarmed guess one word control

The sunset is fragrant, wash away the ordinary heart a little guess one word bald

The fire is gone The furnace is cold, which adds to the meaning. The horse-hearted ape guesses the word donkey

If a person has no faith, he guesses the word

The flying sand and stones guess the word less

Jiuquan Guess one word for "地地"

Three words overlap, don't guess one word for "Pin"

Guess one word with sincerity and be careful

Guess with love Yi Zi Shou

The fragrance in my heart has drifted away, and I can’t guess the sound of Yi Zi when I smell the fragrance

The student goes away and sees him again and guesses Yi Zi Sen

The parts are opposite Guess the word "accompany"

The King of Yama guesses the word "rose"

The Sun King guesses the word "prosperity"

Guess the word "Four retreats and eight steps forward"

Confucius climbed the mountain and guessed the word "Yue"

The sword was unsheathed and guessed the word "strength"

The dragon robe guessed the word "skirt"

The big mouth was a little more and the word "bark" was guessed

Because of a small loss, guess the word "kou"

Leave the flower servant alone, I am sentimental but have no intention to guess the word "qian"

Guess the word "chang" day after day

Guess more than one word night after night

I guess one word for Russia regardless of people

Conjoined twins guess one word for husband

Ten women plow half the field together and guess the word wife

The fortune teller guesses the word servant

The apprentice guesses the word servant

The combination of civil and military skills guesses the word Bin

Due to the severe drought in Yunnan, guess one word is true

My heart guesses one word enlightenment

Thousands of heads and tails, one worm guesses one word Yu

Guess the word "White Rooster"

Guess the word "burn" for a forest fire

Guess the word "burn" by eating the cow's tail in one bite

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Riddle Objects Riddle Plants

Riddle Hints Answers

Eternal Life Guess Plant Ten Thousand Years Old

Born in the mountains, the colors are the same. When they come to the world, there are green and red plants and tea leaves

A little girl is sitting in the middle of the water, wearing a pink coat, bursting into laughter Qingxiang guesses the plant - lotus

There is a dragon in the mud, a canopy on its head, its body is segmented, and its belly is full of small holes. Guess the plant is lotus root

The head will be green when you are young, and it will turn gray when you grow old. It looks like cotton from a distance, but when the wind blows, the white waves rise, guess the plant is a reed

Hemp shells, red lining, wrapped in white fat. Guess the plant one: Peanut

Tall and green-boned, with a round golden face. He loves to face the sun most and smiles endlessly. Guess the plant one: Sunflower

Looks like an ingot, with a black and hard shell. It grows in water and is harvested in autumn. Guess the plant one: Water chestnut

It is not a peach tree but it bears peaches. The peaches have white hairs inside. When the peaches are ripe in autumn, only the white hairs are seen but no peaches.

Guess Plant 1: Cotton

A child is born well, wearing seven or eight sets of clothes, a red tassel hat on his head, and pearls on his body. Guess the plant one: corn

White rooster, green tail, one head buried under the mud. Guess the plant one: radish

White as jade, wearing a yellow robe, only a little bigger, they are all treasures among treasures. Guess the plant: Rice

It tastes delicious when I was young, and it can always be chopped by someone. Although it is not strong and iron, the joints in the body cannot be pressed. Guess the plant one: Bamboo

It is green all year round, and when it grows up, it can be touched by caterpillars. Guess the plant one: Cactus

Hand the vines on the fence. The vines bloom like trumpets, red trumpets, and white trumpets. It is picturesque when the sun comes out. Guess the plant one: Morning Glory

Say it is a grass, why is it sentient? Touch it lightly and lower your head shyly. Guess the plant one: Mimosa

It has green leaves and white flowers. It wanders everywhere and is home everywhere. Guess the plant one: Duckweed

The blue hairs on the head are like needles, and the skin is thick and cracked like tortoise shells. The colder it is, the more energetic it is, and the spirit is good all year round. Guess the plant: pine tree

Wearing a coir raincoat, the meat is fragrant and sweet. If you take off the coir raincoat, your hands will itch. Guess the plant: taro

A mother-in-law stood in the garden, with little eggs hanging all over her body, some red and some green, both delicious and beautiful. Guess the plant one: jujube tree