Is New Year's Day a holiday in China or a foreign holiday?

New Year's Day is not a traditional festival in China.

But New Year's Day is a legal holiday in China. New Year's Day is a worldwide festival. Besides New Year's Day in China, it is also very popular in Britain, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Romania, Bulgaria, South Korea and Japan. Every country that uses the Gregorian calendar regards 65438+ 10 1 as a special day, but the laws of different countries are different.

It can be said that New Year's Day is celebrated all over the world, and it can also be said that only China people celebrate New Year's Day (because New Year's Day is a unique name in China, foreigners call it 65438+ 10/as New Year's Day). From the first year of the Republic of China, it was decided to use Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/as "New Year's Day", but it was not called "New Year's Day" at that time.

Customs of New Year's Day and New Year's Day in various countries

1, Belgium

In Belgium, on the morning of New Year's Day, the first thing in the countryside is to pay New Year greetings to livestock. People go to cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, cats and other animals and tell these creatures very seriously: "Happy New Year!" " "

2. Germany

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 the rural areas of Germany, there is also a custom of "tree climbing competition" to celebrate the New Year, in order to show the promotion step by step.

3. France

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.