When is New Year's Day? What was New Year's Day in ancient times?

We all know that New Year's Day is 1 month 1 day every year, which is the New Year's Day of the Gregorian calendar. Is ancient times the same as now? When was New Year's Day in ancient times? This issue of Traditional Festivals will show you when New Year's Day was in ancient times. Let's take a look.

Although there was New Year's Day in ancient times, the date was not fixed. New Year's Day was celebrated on the first day of December in Yin Dynasty, on the first day of November in Zhou Dynasty, and on the first day of October in Qin Shihuang period. It can be seen that the New Year's Day of each dynasty is different in time, and the only thing that is the same is that the first day of each month is New Year's Day.

During the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen designated the first day of the first lunar month as the Spring Festival and the Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day as New Year's Day. But there was no such thing as New Year's Day at that time. It was not until after the founding of New China that the first 1 month of the Gregorian calendar was called New Year's Day. During the Republic of China, although the Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day was designated as the New Year, people didn't care much. At that time, only some schools and government departments had a day off, and the people still regarded the first day of the lunar calendar as the New Year. It can be seen that the Spring Festival is deeply rooted in people's hearts.

New Year's Day, as its name implies, is the first day of the New Year. Yuan means the first one at the beginning. This hieroglyph means that the sun rises from the horizon, which means the beginning of a new day. Chinese new year is a year's yuan, a month's yuan, a moment's yuan, and one yuan is the first. Xi takes the first month of Meng Chun as the yuan, which is the spring of New Year's Day. The Book of Jin made an initial record of New Year's Day, saying that the first month is yuan and the first day is Dan.

There is also a saying that the day of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth and the first emperor Yao was designated as the ancient New Year's Day. Yao's son, who can't succeed without talent, was passed on to Shun, who has these two qualities. Shun has done many good things for the people and is deeply loved by the people. So at that time, the day to commemorate Yao was designated as New Year's Day. New Year's Day celebrations in mainland China are equivalent to a miniature version of the Spring Festival. Because New Year's Day is followed by the Spring Festival, and another New Year's Day is not a traditional festival in China, it does not occupy a high position in people's minds.

Of course, the New Year's Day craze is still rising. Ordinary people mainly set off firecrackers, kill three animals, worship their ancestors and so on. Folk activities such as writing Spring Festival couplets, writing blessings and dancing dragon lanterns have gradually become one of the main celebrations on New Year's Day. "Jacky Lingkai Festival, Jiaqing Zhao from here. Fairy plays for thousands of years, and small and big have fun. " Xin Lan, a poet in Jin Dynasty, recorded the scene of New Year's Day in his poem Jacky. "Four New Year's Day, long life today." Lan Ziyun, a native of Nanliang, made a general record of New Year's Day in his poem Jieya.

Today's New Year's Day occupies a better position in people's minds than in previous years. In fact, New Year's Day is equivalent to a small year, while the Spring Festival is a grand New Year, which means reunion and excitement.

Therefore, the ancient New Year's Day is generally what we call the Spring Festival today.

For thousands of years, people have made the annual custom celebration extremely colorful. Every year from the 23rd to 30th of the twelfth lunar month, people call this period "Spring Festival" or "Dust Day", which is the traditional habit of our people.

Then, every household prepares new year's goods. About ten days before the festival, people were busy shopping. New year's goods include chicken, duck, fish, tea, wine, oil sauce, North and South roasted seeds and nuts, and fruit with sugar bait. They should also prepare some gifts when visiting relatives and friends in the New Year. Children should buy new clothes and hats to wear in the New Year.

Before the Chinese New Year, a New Year greeting in red paper and yellow characters should be posted on the door of the house, that is, Spring Festival couplets written in red paper. Bright-colored and auspicious New Year pictures are posted in the house. Beautiful window grilles are cut out by ingenious girls and pasted on the windows. Red lanterns are hung in front of the door, and lucky characters and door gods can be pasted upside down. Passers-by are blessed when they think of it. All these activities are aimed at adding enough festive atmosphere to the festival.

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