What are some introductions about New Year's Day?

With regard to the introduction of New Year's Day, New Year's Day marks the arrival of a new year. On New Year's Day, China ancient dynasties held ceremonies and ceremonies to celebrate New Year's Day, and folk activities such as offering sacrifices to gods and buddhas, ancestor worship, posting Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, paying New Year's greetings and having a reunion dinner gradually took shape.

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.

Custom of new year's day

During German New Year's Day, every household should put a fir tree and a horizontal tree, and the leaves are covered with silk flower, which means that a hundred flowers blossom and spring is full. At midnight on New Year's Eve, just before the arrival of the New Year, they climbed into the chair. As soon as the bell rang, they jumped up from their chairs and threw a heavy object behind the back of the chair to show that they had abandoned the disaster and entered the new year. In rural Germany, there is also the custom of "tree climbing competition" to celebrate the New Year.

To show a gradual promotion. Celebrating the New Year with wine, people began to revel in drinking on New Year's Eve until 65438+1October 3. The French believe that the weather on New Year's Day indicates a new year.

On the morning of New Year's Day, they went to the streets to see the wind direction for divination: the south wind blows, which indicates that the weather will be good and the year will be safe and hot; When the west wind blows, there is a bumper harvest year for fishing and milking; If the east wind blows, the fruit will be rich; When the north wind blows, it is a poor harvest year.