Why is New Year's Eve not a legal holiday?

New Year's Eve is not a legal holiday because at the beginning of the founding of New China,1February 23, 949 issued the "National Holiday and Remembrance Day Holidays Measures", clearly stipulating that the legal holidays during the Spring Festival are "the first day, the second day and the third day of the first month of the summer calendar".

1999 18 In September, the state issued the Decision on Amending the Measures for Holidays on National New Year's Festivals and Memorial Days, which was revised for the first time, making it clear that "the Spring Festival is closed for three days (the first day, the second day and the third day of the first lunar month)", so New Year's Eve is not a legal holiday.

20 13,11,the state issued the "Decision on Amending the National Holiday and Remembrance Day Holidays", which was revised for the third time to specify that the Spring Festival holiday lasts for three days (the first day, the second day and the third day of the first lunar month). So far, New Year's Eve has been implemented as a legal holiday for only six years.

The origin of New Year's Eve Festival

New Year's Eve, that is, the night of New Year's Eve, is connected with the beginning of a year (New Year's Day). The old year is removed on this night, and the next day is replaced by a New Year's Eve, so it is popular to think of New Year's Eve.

As a festival at the end of the year, New Year's Eve originated from the ancient custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors at the end of the year, and the day after the end of the year is a traditional festival of offering sacrifices to ancestors. The ancient book says: "Heaven and earth are the foundation of life; Ancestors are the foundation of class. " It means that heaven and earth are the foundation of life, ancestors are the foundation of our human beings, and ancestor worship is the custom of inheriting filial piety.