The Origin and Story of New Year's Day

New Year's Day is a traditional festival in China. On New Year's Day, every family celebrates it. Of course, different places may celebrate it in different ways. However, on the whole, New Year's Day is still very lively. So, speaking of which, what is the origin of New Year's Day?

In fact, when it comes to New Year's Day, it actually dates back to the period of Three Emperors and Five Emperors. It is said that at that time, Emperor Yao was diligent and loved the people, and did many good things for the people all his life. However, Yao's son is a loser. He chose Shun, who is noble in character and outstanding in ability, instead of passing the tribe on to his son. Before he died, Yao also told Shun to give up his position to someone with both ability and political integrity. After that, Shun gave 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 took the day when Shun offered sacrifices to Yao as the beginning of the year, and the first day of the first month was called "New Year's Day", which is the origin of New Year's Day.

In modern times, that is, 19 1 1 year, when Sun Yat-sen founded the Republic of China. From the first year of the Republic of China, it was decided to use the Gregorian calendar, and the Gregorian calendar 1 was designated as "New Year's Day", but it was not called "New Year's Day". Later, the government of the Republic of China called the first day of the first lunar month "Spring Festival" and the solar calendar 1 day "New Year's Day", which is the origin of modern New Year's Day in China.

So, what are the customs on New Year's Day?

1. On New Year's Day, parties are usually held, such as New Year's Eve parties, slogans are hung to celebrate New Year's Day, or group activities are held. In recent years, most people will travel and get together because of the New Year holiday.

2. In the New Year, people will eat glutinous rice balls or jiaozi, and their families will get together to eat hot jiaozi. Although everything is simple, the festive atmosphere is very strong. In fact, this is also a way to reunite with family members, and spend more time with family and friends through holiday opportunities.

So, the above is about the origin of New Year's Day.