There will be a holiday on New Year’s Eve in 2023. The specific arrangements for the holidays of New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays in 2023 are notified as follows.
1. New Year’s Day: Holidays will be taken from December 31, 2022 to January 2, 2023, ***3 days.
2. Spring Festival: There will be a holiday from January 21st to 27th, ***7 days. Work on January 28th (Saturday) and January 29th (Sunday).
3. Tomb-Sweeping Day: a holiday on April 5, ***1 day.
4. Labor Day: From April 29th to May 3rd, there will be a holiday of 5 days. Work on April 23 (Sunday) and May 6 (Saturday).
5. Dragon Boat Festival: From June 22nd to 24th, there will be a holiday of 3 days. Go to work on June 25th (Sunday).
6. Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day: Holidays from September 29th to October 6th, ***8 days. Go to work on October 7th (Saturday) and October 8th (Sunday).
The historical origin of New Year’s Eve:
New Year’s Eve is the day at the end of the year when the old is removed and the new is introduced. New Year's Eve, the New Year's Eve, is connected with the beginning of the year (New Year). The old year is eliminated on this night, and the new year is replaced the next day. Therefore, it is commonly regarded as New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve is a festival at the end of the year. It originates from the ancient customs of cleaning up the old, making new arrangements and worshiping ancestors at the end of the year. New Year's Eve is a traditional ancestor worship festival.
There is a sermon in ancient books: "Heaven and earth are the foundation of life; ancestors are the foundation of species." This means that heaven and earth are the foundation of life, and ancestors are the foundation of our humanity. Worshiping ancestors is A custom that inherits filial piety. The earliest mention of the name "New Year's Eve" in the existing literature is the local customs "Fengtu Ji" written by Zhou Chu in the Western Jin Dynasty. Later, the day before New Year's Eve was also called Xiao New Year's Eve, that is, Little New Year's Eve; New Year's Eve was called Great New Year's Eve, that is, New Year's Eve. .