New year holiday

65438+1 October1is the first day of the Gregorian calendar year, New Year's Day, which is called "New Year" in most countries in the world. Yuan, meaning "first"; Dan means "day"; New Year's Day means "the first day". The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in the Book of Jin: "It is actually the spring of New Year's Day when the emperor was transferred to the first month." In ancient China, the first day of the twelfth lunar month and October were regarded as New Year's Day. The first day of the twelfth lunar month and the first day of October are the lunar calendar 1, and the first day of the solar calendar is the Republic of China 1. 1949, People's Republic of China (PRC) took 65438+ 10/0/as New Year's Day, so New Year's Day is also called "Gregorian calendar year" in China.

Most countries in the world call the Gregorian calendar 1 1 New Year's Day as the beginning of a new year. However, the arrival time of New Year's Day varies from country to country, because the earth revolves around the sun and rotates from west to east at the same time, and the time of dawn, day, dusk and night varies from place to place, so it is impossible to unify the New Year's Day time all over the world.

New Year's Day is also a festival about Jesus. From the past to the present, many people's ancestors spent N years on New Year's Day. The Gregorian English we use is the year when Jesus was born. The AD translated before 20 17 "Jesus Era 2065438+07" AD 2065438+07 is actually the result of intentional translation, which should be "the main era" or "Jesus Era".

Including "Sunday" is actually a Sunday, or a day to praise Jesus. Before that, there was no tradition of taking a day off for seven days in China. There is also "history", a word derived from him and the story, that is, "his story", and this "he" is Jesus.

Before the birth of Jesus, we usually called it "BC" for many years. It is also a masterpiece of intentional translation. The correct translation of English is "before Jesus", such as 236 BC. The written language is BC236, and "BC" is the abbreviation of English Before Christ, which is "the era before Jesus".

Which country celebrates New Year's Day?

1, China first celebrated New Year's Day. In the calendar, people are used to calling the 1 period of the earth around the sun 1 year. However, because the earth's orbit around the sun has no fixed starting point and ending point, the starting point and ending point of a year are artificially stipulated, which leads to the inconsistency of various calendars. According to legend, the word "New Year's Day" comes from Zhuan Xu, one of the earliest emperors in China. He defined the first month of the lunar calendar as "Yuan" and the first day as "Dan". Later, some dynasties changed the date of New Year's Day, but in principle, the first day of each year is still regarded as New Year's Day. For example, the Xia Dynasty regarded the first day of the first month as New Year's Day, but the Shang Dynasty regarded it as New Year's Day. The Zhou Dynasty was 1 1, and the Qin Dynasty was 1. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty that the great historian Sima Qian and others reformulated the calendar, stipulating that the first day of the first month of the first month of each year was New Year's Day, and it has not changed since then.

2. 19 1 1 After the success of the Revolution of 1911, it was decided to adopt the international Gregorian calendar, so the first day of the Lunar New Year was changed to "Spring Festival" and the Gregorian calendar 1 was called New Year's Day. When New China was founded, the "AD Chronology Law" was officially used, and the annual Gregorian calendar 1 was designated as New Year's Day.

At present, most countries in the world regard 65438+ 10 1 as New Year's Day, because most of them adopt the international Gregorian calendar. However, some countries and nationalities have different New Year's Day dates because of their local calendar traditions, religious beliefs, customs and seasonal climate, which makes the world more colorful and ethnic.

Three ways to celebrate the new year

Mode 1: It is known throughout China and even the whole world that many countries have designated New Year's Day as a legal holiday. After the founding of New China, it was also stipulated that New Year's Day would be a legal holiday, with one day off.

Mode 2: At present, it is common to organize activities in groups, such as New Year's Eve parties, hanging slogans to celebrate New Year's Day, or holding group activities. In the past, people who organized gongs and drums and danced folk dances collectively can still be seen in TV documentaries. With the development of science and technology, it has evolved into a gala or something. In recent years, there have been tours, parties and other programs. Anyway, there is not much tradition on New Year's Day. You can have a holiday on this day and play as you like. Even New Year's Day only means a day's holiday for the younger generation.

Mode 3: The traditional way of celebrating in China is among the people, especially in the countryside. Every new year's day, every household will set off firecrackers, kill chickens and geese, and worship the gods of all parties, which means family reunion and dinner. As for a more intense way to celebrate, I haven't seen it yet.