What festival is New Year's Day?

New Year's Day, namely 1 on the Gregorian calendar, is commonly known as "Chinese New Year" in most countries in the world.

New Year's Day is the beginning of a new year, also known as "new calendar year" and "solar calendar year". New Year's Day is also called ternary "year yuan, month yuan and hour yuan". During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Liang Zonggu wrote a book called Chronicles of Jingchu, which recorded various festivals and customs of the ancient Chu State.

Nowadays, New Year's Day has become a fixed festival, which is generally organized in the form of groups, such as New Year's Day Gala, hanging slogans to celebrate New Year's Day, or holding collective activities. Most rural areas retain the traditional way of celebrating in China. Every New Year's Day, the whole family get together to kill chickens and geese to celebrate New Year's Day.