The origin of the year (the origin, development and cultural characteristics of the year of China)

According to records, the people of China have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years, which was initiated by Yu Shun. One day more than two thousand years BC, Shun became emperor and led his men to worship heaven and earth.

Since then, people have regarded this day as the beginning of a year, that is, the first day of the first month. It is said that this is the origin of the Lunar New Year, which was later called the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival used to be called New Year's Day. The month in which the Spring Festival is held is called January.

However, the dates of New Year's Day in China are inconsistent: January in Meng Chun is used as the first month of Xia Dynasty, December in Shang Dynasty, October after Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, and the Qin calendar used in the early Han Dynasty.

The emperor thought the calendar was too chaotic, so he ordered the minister Gong and Sima Qian to make a "solar calendar", stipulating that the first month of the lunar calendar was the first year, and the first day of the first month was the first day of the year, which was New Year's Day. Since then, China has been using the Gregorian calendar (also known as the lunar calendar) until the end of the Qing Dynasty, which lasted for 2080.

19 12 When Sun Yat-sen became the interim president of the Republic of China in Nanjing, he announced that China would adopt the Gregorian calendar, also known as the solar calendar and the new calendar. And decided to take 1 91265438+10/month1as the first year of the Republic of China. January 1st is called New Year's Day, but not New Year's Day.

1949 On September 27th, the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference decided to adopt the world calendar year while establishing the People's Republic of China (PRC).

In order to distinguish between the solar calendar and the lunar calendar, the first day of the solar calendar is called "New Year's Day" and the first day of the first lunar month is officially renamed as "Spring Festival" because the "beginning of spring" in the 24 solar terms is just around the lunar year.