What does New Year's Day mean?

New Year's Day, namely 1 on the Gregorian calendar, is commonly known as "Chinese New Year" in most countries in the world. Yuan means "start", and the beginning of each number is called "yuan"; Dan means "day"; New Year's Day means "the first day". New Year's Day is also called "three yuan", that is, year yuan, month yuan and hour yuan. Due to the different geographical environment and calendar, in different times, the time positioning of New Year's Day in different countries and nationalities in the world is different.

The word "New Year's Day" in the history of China first appeared in the Book of Jin. "New Year's Day" in the history of China refers to the first month. The calculation method of "the first month" before the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very inconsistent, and the date of New Year's Day in previous dynasties was also inconsistent. From the beginning of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, January of the lunar calendar was designated as 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.

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The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in the poem "Zhuan Xu takes the first month as the yuan, which is actually the Spring of New Year's Day" in the Book of Jin. Lan Xin, a poet in the Jin Dynasty, once wrote a poem "Jacky": "Jiaqing was born here in Jacky. Fairy plays for thousands of years, and small and big have fun. " Described the scene of the New Year's Day celebration.

In Xiao Ziyun's poem "Jieya" in the Southern Dynasties, there is also a record of "New Year's Day in four seasons and long life in early spring". Wu's Dream in the Song Dynasty said: "The first day of the first month is called New Year's Day, and the custom is called New Year's Day. This is the first one. " Record.

On New Year's Day, emperors of all dynasties held ceremonies to celebrate, offer sacrifices and pray for blessings, 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". China's ancient New Year's Day diet is rich and colorful, and the description in Chronicle of Jingchu Years is a concentrated expression.

In the Southern Dynasties, Jingchu paid tribute to him on New Year's Day, followed by pepper and cypress wine, peach soup, Tu Su wine, soup and spiced dishes. They were powdered, but the ghost pill was eaten. They each ate an egg. Among them, there are peach soup drinks, food and medicine, all of which have their own special meanings.

Baidu Encyclopedia-New Year's Day