The Origin and Customs of New Year's Day

Origin of New Year's Day: New Year's Day in China always refers to the first day of the first month of agriculture (summer calendar and lunar calendar). The "yuan" of "New Year's Day" refers to the beginning, which means the first one. The beginning of every number on New Year's Day is called "Yuan"; "Dan" is a hieroglyph, with the upper "sun" representing the sun and the lower "one" representing the horizon.

"Dan" means that the sun rises from the horizon of Ran Ran, symbolizing the beginning of a day. People combine "Yuan" and "Dan", which means the first day of the New Year. New Year's Day is also called "three yuan", that is, year yuan, month yuan and time yuan.

Custom:

Germany: During the New Year's Day in Germany, every household should hang a fir tree and a horizontal tree, and the leaves are covered with silk flower, which means that a hundred flowers are blooming and spring is full.

At midnight on New Year's Eve, just before the arrival of New Year, they climbed into the chair. As soon as the bell rang, they jumped up from their chairs 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 the rural areas of Germany, there is also a custom of "tree climbing competition" to celebrate the New Year, to show the promotion step by step.

France: Celebrate the New Year with wine. People began to revel on New Year's Eve and didn't stop until 65438+1October 3. The French believe that the weather on New Year's Day indicates the arrival of 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 is favorable and the year is safe and hot; When the west wind blows, it is a bumper year for fishing and milking; If the east wind blows, the fruit will be rich; When the north wind blows, it is a poor harvest year.

Italy: New Year's Eve in Italy is a carnival night. When night began to fall, thousands of people flocked to the streets, lit firecrackers and fireworks, and even fired live ammunition.

Men and women danced until midnight. Every household collects old things, smashes some fragile 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 their traditional way of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.

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 and singing loudly about a better life in the face of the snow and ice. Some ski along the long snowy road in the mountains, as if looking for the road to happiness; Some people hold stilt walking competitions, and men, women and children go into battle together to wish each other good health. They greet the New Year with fitness.