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Spring Festival is the most distinctive traditional festival in China. It marks the end of the Lunar New Year.

A new year has begun. People will bid farewell to the cold and monotonous winter and welcome the vibrant spring.

The Spring Festival was originally called "New Year's Day", and Du Taiqing of Sui Dynasty said in "Five Candles Collection": "The first month is the end of the month, and one day is Yuan Day, which is also a cloudy month." The original meaning of "yuan" is "head" and later extended to "start" Because this day is the first day of the year, the first day of spring and the first day of the first month, it is called "Sanyuan". Because this day is still the old dynasty, the moon dynasty and the Japanese dynasty, it is also called the "three dynasties"; Because it is the first Shuori, it is also called "Yuanshuo". Song and Wu explained in Dream: "The first day of the first month is called New Year's Day". In Shuo Wen Jie Zi, the word "Dan" is interpreted as "not seeing for a day, not seeing for a day, not seeing for the earth." It means that the sun has just risen from the horizon, which means morning. Because it means the first morning of a year and the first morning of the first month respectively, it is called "New Year" and "Zheng Dan".

In addition to the above titles, the Spring Festival is also called "Opening Year", "Incense Year" and "China Year", among which "New Year" is the most common and the longest.

Because the calendars of different dynasties are different, the seasons of New Year's Day are also different. The ancient calendar in China was a combination of Yin and Yang, and the positions of the sun and the moon should be considered at the same time. Therefore, when determining New Year's Day, it is necessary to first determine that it is in a certain season, and then choose the new moon close to this season as New Year's Day. Because one year old is not equal to 12 lunar calendar, the difference is about 1 1 day, so it is necessary to set a leap month every three years to adjust the season. Astronomers in ancient China once thought of a simple way to judge the relationship between the month sequence and the seasons, that is, to determine the month sequence according to the direction of the barrel handle at night, and called it December architecture. From north to east, the ground is divided into 12 directions. In the evening, the direction bucket handle refers to the month of the month, and its sub-month, ugly month and silver moon are equivalent to November, December and January respectively.

China is an ancient multi-ethnic country. Different nationalities in different historical periods determined their own New Year's Day according to their own cultural traditions and customs, that is, changed it to "Zhengshuo" and changed the time of the first day of the first month. Emperor Zhuan Xu and Xia Dynasty both took the first month of Meng Chun as the yuan, that is to say, they used Yin Jian's summer calendar and took the first day of the first lunar month as New Year's Day. The Shang dynasty used the ugly lunar calendar, with the first day of the twelfth lunar month as New Year's Day. The Zhou dynasty used the weekly calendar, which was completed, and the first day of November in the lunar calendar was New Year's Day. The Qin dynasty used the Qin calendar to build the sea, with the first day of the lunar calendar as New Year's Day; In the early Western Han Dynasty, the Qin calendar was still used. In the first year of Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty (104), it was changed to the calendar created by Sima Qian and Luo, and the summer calendar was followed, with the first day of the first month as New Year's Day. Since then, except for Wang Mang and Wei Mingdi who once used the lunar calendar to make ugliness, and Emperor Wu of the Tang Dynasty and Su Zong who used the Zhou calendar to make children, all dynasties used the Xia calendar until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

The word "Spring Festival" has different meanings in different historical periods. During the Han Dynasty, people called beginning of spring, the first of the 24 solar terms, "Spring Festival". In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, people called the whole spring "Spring Festival".

After the victory of the Revolution of 1911, in order to be "suitable for farming" and "convenient for statistics", the Nanjing Provisional Government stipulated that people should use the summer calendar, and institutions, factories, mines, schools and organizations should adopt the Gregorian calendar, with Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day as New Year's Day. However, most people refer to Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day as "Gregorian year" and still refer to the first day of the first lunar month as "New Year's Day".

1 September 27th, 949, the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference adopted the Gregorian calendar year, and designated Gregorian calendar 1 month1day as New Year's Day. Because the first day of the first lunar month is usually around beginning of spring, the first day of the first lunar month is designated as the Spring Festival.

Spring Festival generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month. However, among the people, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the sacrificial ceremony from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month or the 23rd to the 15th day of the first lunar month in La Worship, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month as the climax.

During the traditional Spring Festival, the Han people and most ethnic minorities in China will hold various activities to celebrate. The main contents of these activities are offering sacrifices to gods and buddhas, offering sacrifices to ancestors, saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year, and praying for a bumper harvest. The activities are rich and colorful, with strong national characteristics.

The origin of New Year's Day

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People call the annual Gregorian calendar 1 day "New Year's Day". Why?

It turns out that in Chinese, "yuan" is the beginning, that is, the first; "Dan" means a day or morning, and these two words together mean the first day of the new year. But this is not fixed from the beginning.

In the calendar, people used to call 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 specified, 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 of the first month 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, Xia Dynasty regarded the first day of the first month as New Year's Day, but Shang Dynasty regarded it as New Year's Day, Zhou Dynasty regarded it as 1 1, and Qin Dynasty regarded it as 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 each year was New Year's Day, and it has not changed since then.

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

At present, most countries in the world take 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.

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The Origin of New Year's Day (I)

Around 50,000 BC, the ancient Egyptians had changed from nomadism to farming and settled on both sides of the Nile. Their agricultural harvest was closely related to whether there was a flood in the Nile. Through long-term observation, the ancient Egyptians found that the time of Nile flooding was regular, so they recorded this time on bamboo poles every time, and learned that the time interval between two floods was about 3.65 days. At the same time, people also found that when the high tide of the Nile came near Cairo today, it was just the time when the sun and Sirius rose from the horizon at the same time. Therefore, the ancient Egyptians set this day as the beginning of the year. This is the earliest origin of New Year's Day.

New Year's Day is a compound word in Chinese, and "yuan" means beginning or first. "Dan" is a hieroglyph, which means that the sun rises from the horizon. The pictograph "Dan" appeared on bronzes in China during the Yin and Shang Dynasties.

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The origin of New Year's Day

New Year's Day is the first day of the year. The name "New Year's Day" is said to originate from Zhuan Xu, one of the legendary three emperors and five emperors. He takes the first month of the lunar calendar as the yuan and the first day of the first month as the Dan. "Yuan" means the beginning and beginning, while "Dan" means a red sun rising from the ground. The harmony between "Yuan" and "Dan" means that people should greet the new year with vigor. On this day, cities and villages in our country are decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, wearing festive costumes, and many units hang huge slogans of "Celebrating New Year's Day" to celebrate the New Year.

1On September 27th, 949, the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference decided: "The calendar of the people of China and the national calendar adopts the A.D. calendar method." This is what we call the solar calendar. In order to distinguish between the two New Years, and in view of the fact that the "beginning of spring" in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar is just around the Lunar New Year, the first day of the first lunar month was renamed as "Spring Festival" and the Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day was designated as "New Year's Day". At this point, New Year's Day has become a festival celebrated by people all over the country.

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The origin of New Year's Day

65438+ 10 1 New Year's Day is the beginning of the new year. "Yuanri" is a compound word. According to a single word, "Yuan" means the first or the beginning, while the original meaning of "Dan" means dawn or morning. During the excavation of cultural relics in Dawenkou, China found a picture of the sun rising from the top of the mountain with clouds in the middle. According to textual research, this is the oldest writing method of "Dan" in China. Later, the simplified word "Dan" appeared on bronze inscriptions in the Yin and Shang Dynasties. The word "Dan" is represented by a round sun. The "one" below the "sun" indicates the horizon, which means that the sun rises from the horizon of Ran Ran. Xiao Ziyun, a literary historian in the Southern Dynasties, recorded in "Jieya" that "Four Spirits New Year's Day, a long life is today". It seems that Dan is the beginning of a day and lasts until the first day of the year.

However, the New Year's Day mentioned by the ancient people in China is not 1 day in the Gregorian calendar, but the first day of the first month, also known as January 1st. The year number in the history of China is not AD, but every emperor and every dynasty has a separate year, which is the Lunar Year. The current calendar year is the embodiment of the western calendar. Based on the birth of Christ in 1 year. After the Republic of China, China gradually changed its calendar to AD. Therefore, the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month in China is more festive than New Year's Day on the Gregorian calendar.

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New Year's Day, also known as January Day, means the beginning of a year without new moon, new year and Jacky. Because the original meaning of "yuan" is "head" and extended to "beginning" The original meaning of "Dan" is also "beginning". According to "Meng Lianglu First Month" in the Song Dynasty, "the first day of the first month is called New Year's Day, which is called New Year's Day."

The name "New Year's Day" is said to originate from Zhuan Xu, one of the legendary three emperors and five emperors. Zhuan Xu takes the first month as the yuan and the first day as the denier. Since then, the dates of New Year's Day in Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han are different. According to Historical Records, the first day of the first month is New Year's Day in Xia Dynasty, the first day of December in Shang Dynasty and the first day of November in Zhou Dynasty. The Han dynasty was changed to the first day of the first month.

After the Revolution of 1911, China changed to the universal Gregorian calendar, with Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day as New Year's Day and the first day of the first lunar month as Spring Festival. (Postal code: 136 100) (Fion Sun, Jilin)

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New Year's Day, also known as January Day, means the beginning of a year without new moon, new year and Jacky. Because the original meaning of "yuan" is "head" and extended to "beginning" The original meaning of "Dan" is also "beginning". According to "Meng Lianglu First Month" in the Song Dynasty, "the first day of the first month is called New Year's Day, which is called New Year's Day."

The name "New Year's Day" is said to originate from Zhuan Xu, one of the legendary three emperors and five emperors. Zhuan Xu takes the first month as the yuan and the first day as the denier. Since then, the dates of New Year's Day in Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han are different. According to Records of the Historian, the Xia Dynasty took the first day of the first month as New Year's Day, the Shang Dynasty took the first day of December as New Year's Day, the Zhou Dynasty took the first day of November as New Year's Day and the Han Dynasty changed it to the first day of the first month.

After the Revolution of 1911, China changed to the universal Gregorian calendar, with Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day as New Year's Day and the first day of the first lunar month as Spring Festival. (Postal code: 136 100) (Fion Sun, Jilin)

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China's New Year's Day is said to have started in Zhuan Xu, one of the three emperors and five emperors, with a history of more than 3,000 years. The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in the Book of Jin: "It was actually the spring of New Year's Day when the emperor was transferred to Xia Meng in the first month." During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Xiao Ziyun's poem "Jieya" in the Southern Dynasties also recorded "New Year's Day in four seasons, longevity in early spring".

China first called the first day of the first lunar month "New Year's Day". Yuan means "early" and "start" and refers to "day" Together, New Year's Day is the "initial day", which is the first day of the year. The date of the first day of the first month was also very different before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the New Year's Day of the past dynasties is not consistent. Meng Xiyue (1 month) is the first month of the Xia calendar, the twelfth month of the Shang lunar calendar (1February) and the winter month of the weekly calendar (1 1 month). After Qin Shihuang unified China, Yangchun month (October) was the first month, that is, the first day of October was New Year's Day. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it has been stipulated that Meng Xiyue (January) is the first month, and the first day of Meng Xiyue (the first day of the first month in the summer calendar) is called New Year's Day, which has been used until the late Qing Dynasty. But this is the summer calendar, that is, the lunar calendar or lunar calendar, and it is not what we call New Year's Day today.

In 65438, 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 "follow the agricultural season, so follow the western calendar, so make statistics", in the first year of the Republic of China, it was decided to use the Gregorian calendar (19 12 was actually used at that time), and it was stipulated that the Gregorian calendar 1 was called "New Year's Day", but it was not called "New Year's Day" at that time.

Today's "New Year's Day" is the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference on September 27th, A.D. 1949. When we decided to establish the Republic of China, we also decided to adopt the universal calendar, and officially designated the Gregorian calendar 1 as "New Year's Day" and changed the first day of the first lunar month to "Spring Festival".

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China's New Year's Day is said to have started in Zhuan Xu, one of the three emperors and five emperors, with a history of more than 3,000 years. The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in the Book of Jin: "It was actually the spring of New Year's Day when the emperor was transferred to Xia Meng in the first month." During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Xiao Ziyun's poem "Jieya" in the Southern Dynasties also recorded "New Year's Day in four seasons, longevity in early spring".

China first called the first day of the first lunar month "New Year's Day". Yuan means "early" and "start" and refers to "day" Together, New Year's Day is the "initial day", which is the first day of the year. The date of the first day of the first month was also very different before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the New Year's Day of the past dynasties is not consistent. Meng Xiyue (1 month) is the first month of the Xia calendar, the twelfth month of the Shang lunar calendar (1February) and the winter month of the weekly calendar (1 1 month). After Qin Shihuang unified China, Yangchun month (October) was the first month, that is, the first day of October was New Year's Day. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it has been stipulated that Meng Xiyue (January) is the first month, and the first day of Meng Xiyue (the first day of the first month in the summer calendar) is called New Year's Day, which has been used until the late Qing Dynasty. But this is the summer calendar, that is, the lunar calendar or lunar calendar, and it is not what we call New Year's Day today.

In 65438, 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 "follow the agricultural season, so follow the western calendar, so make statistics", in the first year of the Republic of China, it was decided to use the Gregorian calendar (19 12 was actually used at that time), and it was stipulated that the Gregorian calendar 1 was called "New Year's Day", but it was not called "New Year's Day" at that time.

Today's "New Year's Day" is the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference on September 27th, A.D. 1949. When we decided to establish the Republic of China, we also decided to adopt the universal calendar, and officially designated the Gregorian calendar 1 as "New Year's Day" and changed the first day of the first lunar month to "Spring Festival".

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People call the annual Gregorian calendar 1 day "New Year's Day". Why?

It turns out that in Chinese, "yuan" is the beginning, that is, the first; "Dan" means a day or morning, and these two words together mean the first day of the new year. But this is not fixed from the beginning.

In the calendar, people used to call 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 specified, 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 of the first month 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, Xia Dynasty regarded the first day of the first month as New Year's Day, but Shang Dynasty regarded it as New Year's Day, Zhou Dynasty regarded it as 1 1, and Qin Dynasty regarded it as 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 each year was New Year's Day, and it has not changed since then.

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

At present, most countries in the world take 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.

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The origin of New Year's Day:

In modern times, New Year's Day refers to the first day of the first year of the year. Since the Gregorian calendar was introduced into China, the word New Year's Day has been dedicated to the New Year, while the traditional old calendar year is called the Spring Festival.

Before that, New Year's Day always referred to the first day of the Lunar New Year. Yuan means "early" and "start", but it means "day" New Year's Day is called "Initial Day" and is the first day of the year.

1On September 27th, 949, the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference decided: "The calendar of the people of China and the national calendar shall adopt the method of the year", which is what we call the solar calendar. In order to distinguish between the two New Years, and in view of the fact that the "beginning of spring" in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar is just around the Lunar New Year, the first day of the first lunar month is changed to "Spring Festival" and the solar calendar is 1 month.

New Year's Day customs in various countries:

The New Year always brings good wishes to people. In this new year, people all over the world welcome the arrival of the new year in their unique and distinctive ways.

Britain: On the day before New Year's Day, every household must have wine in the bottle and meat in the cupboard. The British believe that if there is no wine and meat left over, they will be poor in the coming year. In addition, the custom of "digging wells" is also popular in the British New Year. People strive to be the first person to draw water, thinking that the first person to draw water is a happy person and the water coming out of the water is auspicious. On New Year's Eve, English people often go out to visit with cakes and wine. They went straight into the homes of relatives and friends without knocking. According to English custom, after 1000 nights on New Year's Eve, the first person to step into the house indicates good luck in the new year. If the first guest is a man with black hair, or a happy, happy and rich person, the host will be lucky all year round. If the first guest is a woman with light yellow hair, or a sad, poor and unfortunate person, the host will be unlucky and will encounter difficulties and disasters in the new year. People who visit relatives and friends' homes on New Year's Eve should first stir the fire in the fireplace and wish the host "open the door" before talking. In some parts of central England, when they go out on New Year's morning, whether they are familiar or unfamiliar, they will give each other copper coins. They think it will not only make each other rich for a year, but also bring them good luck.

India: New Year's Day in India is called "Crying New Year's Day" and "Fasting New Year's Day". On the first day of the new year, no one is allowed to be angry with others, let alone lose his temper. In some places, instead of celebrating China New Year, they hugged each other and cried. They think that at the beginning of New Year's Day, years are fleeting-life is short, and crying is used to express their sighs. In some areas, people welcome the New Year by fasting for one day and one night, from the early morning of New Year's Day to midnight.

Mongolia: When the New Year comes, Mongolian old people will dress up as shepherds, wearing fluffy fur coats, fur hats and whips in their hands to express their good wishes for exorcism.

Brazil: On New Year's Day, Brazilians held high the torch and went climbing in groups. People are scrambling to find the golden birch tree that symbolizes happiness. Only those who are not afraid of danger can find this rare fruit. They call it "seeking happiness". There is a unique custom in rural Brazil-pulling each other's ears. When people meet in the New Year, they must grab each other's ears to express their blessings.

Pakistan: On New Year's Day, people in Pakistan run out with red powder in their hands, meet their relatives and friends, thank them for their new happiness, and paint red powder on their foreheads to show that they are celebrating the good luck of the New Year.

Afghanistan: Residents in northern Afghanistan hold fierce goat-snatching competitions every New Year's Day to celebrate. The two teams of riders competed for their prey, and the game was fierce and festive.

Argentina: Argentines believe that water is the most sacred. Every year on New Year's Day, every family, old and young, will flock to the river for a "New Year bath" to wash away all the filth on their bodies.

Mexico: When the New Year comes, people in some parts of Mexico are forbidden to laugh. They are forbidden to laugh in the last five days of the year, 20 days a month, and one year 18 months.

Bulgaria: Anyone who sneezes at dinner on New Year's Day will definitely bring happiness to the whole family. The master promised to give him his first sheep, cow or pony, wishing his family happiness.

Paraguay: The Bala people designate the last five days of each year as the "Cold Food Festival". During these five days, from the head of state to the ordinary people, no fireworks and firecrackers can be used, only cold food can be eaten, and it is not until New Year's Day that we can make a fire and cook to celebrate the festival.

Scotland: Scots put some money in front of every house on New Year's Eve. No one guards it. Thieves and beggars didn't move a hair when they saw it that night. Due to local customs, on New Year's Eve, money is first placed outside the door. When the door is opened in the morning, it means "getting rich at first sight".

Spain: On New Year's Eve in Spain, all family members get together to celebrate with music and games. It's midnight, and as soon as the bell of 12 strikes, everyone is scrambling to eat grapes. According to the bell, Guo Jia can eat 12, which symbolizes that everything goes well every month in the new year. On new year's day, children are most afraid of swearing, fighting and crying, and think these phenomena are ominous. Therefore, on New Year's Day, adults always try their best to meet all the requirements of children. At the same time, people will carry a gold coin or a copper coin with them to show good luck.

Belgium: In Belgium, on the morning of New Year's Day, the first thing in the countryside is to pay New Year greetings to livestock. People go to cows, horses, sheep, dogs, cats and other animals and tell them very seriously: "Happy New Year!" " "

Turkey: On New Year's Eve, everyone in Turkey takes a bath and then puts on new clothes. They think it can bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and welcome the good luck in the coming year.

Argentina: On this day of 1 month, every family will have a "New Year bath" by the river. Before entering the water, the collected flowers were scattered on the river. Then, everyone laughed and jumped into the water to take a bath and rubbed their petals against their bodies. In this country, water is regarded as "sacred".

Cuba: On the night before New Year's Day, everyone prepared a bowl of water. When they heard the New Year bell ring, everyone quickly threw water into the street, which means "except New Year".

Colombia: On the eve of New Year's Day, large puppets were made on every street, and "the last words of the old year" were announced. The content of the last words is ridiculous to win people's happiness. Puppets were blown up at midnight, and people sang and danced to celebrate each other in the explosion that broke the old puppet.

Japan: On the morning of New Year's Day, Japanese people will take to the streets to meet the rising sun, and then go to the shrine to worship or say hello to relatives and friends. They call New Year's Day "the right day". On this day, their breakfast is very rich, including sugar, buckwheat noodles and Tu Su wine. After that, I ate vegetarian food for three consecutive days to show my piety and pray for good luck in the coming year.

Thailand: Thailand's traditional New Year, namely Songkran (Sanskrit transliteration), is also called Songkran Festival. In this festival, people throw water at each other and wish their elders health and longevity, and wish their relatives and friends good luck in the new year. Unmarried young men and women show their love for each other by splashing water. On the first day of the new year, Thais will put a basin of clear water on the windowsill and doorway to pray for a happy New Year and good weather.

Germany: During the New Year's Day in Germany, every household hangs a fir tree and a horizontal tree, and the leaves are covered with silk flower, which means that all 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 rural Germany, there is also a custom to celebrate the New Year-"Tree Climbing Competition" to show the promotion step by step.

Egypt: Egyptians regard the day when the Nile rises as the beginning of the new year, and this day is called "the New Year of Rising Water". In some parts of Egypt, on New Year's Day, people will present grains such as soybeans, lentils, alfalfa and wheat, as well as the buds of some green plants to symbolize wealth. The more you give to God, the more you will achieve in the new year.

North Korea: Like China, North Korea also has the custom of stick grilles and Fu Tao in the New Year to pray for God's blessing, exorcism and happiness. At the dawn of New Year's Day, people put some money into the pre-tied scarecrow and throw it at the crossroads to show evil and welcome good luck. At dusk, people will burn the hair that the whole family lost in a year, wishing their families peace in all seasons. During the New Year, Koreans must cook glutinous rice with pine nuts, chestnut powder, jujube paste and honey, which is similar to China's eight-treasure rice to show that the family is prosperous and sweet as honey.

Singapore: On Lunar New Year's Eve, children have the habit of staying up until midnight, when parents' activities of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors are over. They got up early the next morning and happily took "red envelopes" (lucky money) from their elders to watch the dragon and lion dances along the street. Men, women and children wear holiday clothes and visit relatives and friends with gifts. Everyone's face is full of festive atmosphere. During the Spring Festival, people love to eat sweet rice cakes made of fried glutinous rice and brown sugar.

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.

Iran: Iran has an Islamic calendar, and its seasons and months are not fixed. In Iran, celebrating the new year means celebrating the arrival of spring, usually in late March of the Gregorian calendar, and it takes a grand week to celebrate the new year. People poured into the streets to light a "bonfire"-"night fire", and then the whole family jumped from the night fire in turn, indicating that they would burn "bad luck", usher in the light, drive away evil spirits and get rid of diseases, and be happy forever. We should eat "seven dishes" on New Year's Eve, and the name of each dish should start with the letter "S" to show good luck. From grade one to grade three, people visit relatives and friends and wish each other a happy Spring Festival. On the last day of the new year, the whole family went out for an outing to avoid evil spirits.

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.

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. Welcome the new year with fitness.

Greece: On New Year's Day, every family will make a big cake and put a silver coin in it. The host cut the cake into several pieces and distributed it to family members or visiting relatives and friends. Whoever eats the cake with silver coins will become the luckiest person in the New Year, and everyone congratulates him.

Romania: On New Year's Eve, people put up a tall Christmas tree and set up a stage in the square. The citizens sang and danced when they set off fireworks. Rural people celebrate the New Year with wooden plows decorated with colorful flowers.

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The origin of Singles Day has always been a mystery, and there are all kinds of speculations and statements. However, in fact, those rumors are all wrong. Few people know the true origin of Singles Day.

The Origin of Singles Day: Myth

It is said that this festival originated more than 800 years ago, that is, 1 11/October11,when the number of bachelors reached a record of eight.

In fact, the establishment of this festival is God's intention. On the day when Jesus was born, that is, in 65438 10, the first bachelor was born (whether Jesus was a bachelor or not). Since then, this day has become the anniversary of some bachelors every year, but it has really become a festival. It is 1 1 1/year1/month1day. In fact, saying that Jesus was the first bachelor does not mean that there were no bachelors in the world before him. In that case, wouldn't the world at that time become a paradise on earth? Then God wouldn't have to send Jesus to save mankind. Only Jesus became the most famous bachelor. In fact, to make an inappropriate metaphor, isn't the president's wife called the first lady? This doesn't mean that there was no wife before her. Do you understand what I said?

The Origin of Singles Day II: Campus Articles

1 1 month 1 1 day is an alternative festival for young people. Because there are four consecutive "1" in the date of this day, this day is designated as "Singles Day".

Singles' Day is neither a local festival nor an exotic festival. It was born in Nanjing universities in the early 1990s and is one of the representative products of campus fun culture. As a group of students bid farewell to campus, the atmosphere of "Singles Day" has gradually spread to the society in recent two years, and now it has become a special festival for young people in Nanjing. These two days, the reporter found that the news about the Singles Day party in the online community "Western Poetry" gradually increased. Although the main activity is still dinner, emphasizing the "AA system" seems to be a sign of independence and mutual respect for this festival. At Pufei Station, a tea restaurant near the Yangtze River Garden in Nanjing, a private room was reserved early on 1 1. It is said that on this special day, seven or eight young people will hold a "blind date party".

It is said that "single love song" will become a popular song on this day. On Singles' Day, this song is used to sing "Find a beloved and bid farewell to the beloved", which is actually a declaration of love for young people. The lively gathering of "Singles Day" is a fiery expression of urban young people's yearning for love.