What do people do on New Year's Day?

Nowadays, it is common for groups to organize activities, such as New Year's Eve parties, hanging slogans to celebrate New Year's Day, or holding group activities. In the past, there were organized gongs and drums and collective folk dances, but now they can be seen in TV documentaries. Today, science and technology have developed and evolved into a gala or something.

In recent years, there have been tours, parties and other programs. Anyway, there is not much tradition on New Year's Day, so it becomes a holiday for everyone to play. Even New Year's Day only means a day's holiday for the younger generation.

The traditional way of celebrating China is among the people, especially in rural areas. Every new year's day, every household will set off firecrackers, kill chickens and geese, and worship the gods of all parties, which will be a family reunion dinner.

Extended data

The traditional New Year's Day in China refers to the first day of the first month. The concept of "New Year's Day" has different meanings in different times and countries. China's concept of "New Year" always refers to the first day of the first month. The calculation method of "the first month" was also very inconsistent before the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. Therefore, the New Year's Day of the past dynasties is not consistent.

The first month of the summer calendar is January in spring, the first month of the Shang Dynasty lunar calendar is December in winter, and the first month of the week calendar is November in winter. After Qin Shihuang unified China, October was the first month in winter, that is, the first day of October was New Year's Day. From Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was stipulated that January in spring was the first month, and the first day of January was called New Year's Day, which was used until the end of the Qing Dynasty.