New Year's Day holiday custom

1, the ancient New Year's Day custom in China

In ancient times, New Year's Day was the first day of the first lunar month to commemorate the day of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth and the founding emperor Yao. Every dynasty held ceremonies and ceremonies to celebrate New Year's Day, such as offering sacrifices to ancestors, writing couplets on doors, writing blessings and dancing dragon lanterns. People have also gradually formed celebrations such as offering sacrifices to gods and buddhas, posting Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, observing the New Year, having family reunion dinners, and making countless fires.

On New Year's Day, emperors of all dynasties held ceremonies of offering sacrifices and blessing, such as offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, writing couplets on doors, writing blessings and dancing dragon lanterns. People have gradually formed entertainment celebrations such as offering sacrifices to Buddha, ancestor worship, posting couplets, setting off firecrackers, celebrating the New Year, having a family reunion dinner and numerous "social fires".

2. Modern New Year's Day customs in China

1949 After the founding of New China, 1 in the solar calendar was designated as New Year's Day, because New Year's Day was born in the Republic of China. Of course, the customs and habits of celebration are mostly similar to the Spring Festival, which can also be said to be a pocket version of the Spring Festival. After all, New Year's Day is not a traditional festival in China, although it follows some traditional ways of celebration. Such as setting off fireworks, killing Sansheng, offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods, and offering sacrifices to ancestors.

In the eyes of China people, New Year's Day is not important, so the custom of celebrating the New Year is relatively simple. New Year's Day is an international holiday. Many countries regard it as a legal holiday, and so does China. After the founding of New China, it was stipulated that New Year's Day was a legal holiday, with one day off, and later it was changed to three days off. But in all parts of China, there is no prescribed custom of celebrating New Year's Day.

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Legend of New Year's Day

Legend has it that in the heyday of ancient Yao and Shun, when Emperor Yao was in power, he worked diligently for the people and did many good things for the people, which was deeply loved by the people. However, due to his son's incompetence, he did not pass on the throne of "emperor" to his son, but passed it on to Shun, who has both ability and political integrity.

Yao said to Shun, "You must pass on the throne in the future, and you will be relieved when I die." Later, Shun passed the throne to Yu, who made great contributions to flood control. Yu also loves the people and has done many good things for the people like Shun, and is deeply loved by the people.

Later, after Yao's death, people took the day of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth and the first emperor Yao as the beginning of the year, and called the first day of the first month "New Year's Day" or "Jacky", which was the ancient New Year's Day.