According to legend, the word "New Year's Day" comes from Zhuan Xu, one of the earliest emperors in China. He stipulated that the first month of the lunar calendar is Yuan and the first day is Dan. Until the Western Han Dynasty re-established the calendar, the first day of the first month of each year was the first day of the New Year's Day, and it has not changed since then. Now New Year's Day is after the success of the Revolution of 1911. It is decided to adopt the internationally accepted Gregorian calendar, and change the first day of the Lunar New Year to the Spring Festival, with Gregorian calendar 1 day as the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Second, the significance of New Year's Day
65438+ 10 1 Every New Year's Day is the beginning of the New Year. "New Year's Day" is a compound word. According to a single word, the word "Dan" is represented by a round sun. The word "one" under "Sun" stands for the horizon, which means that the sun rises from Ran Ran on the horizon. It symbolizes a new life and is a hope for the rise of Ran Ran.
Children will eat candied haws in the new year, which symbolizes the prosperity of the new year. Folklore: Yangko, stilt walking and Errenzhuan in the northeast will be performed at the temple fair one after another. Tianjin is full of paper-cuts, couplets and entertainment activities. On New Year's Day, students in Shandong Province burn incense and worship the statue of Confucius, hoping to be the first in the coming year.
Third, the custom of New Year's Day.
The winter weather in northern China is cold, with short days and long nights. Since New Year's Day, people who are idle in farming have been killing pigs and sheep, sitting cross-legged on the heatable adobe sleeping platform, talking about their homes and mouths, and not working until the 15th day of the first month. Due to the cold weather, the Northeast New Year's Day diet is mainly frozen products, pickles and stews. Frozen jiaozi and stewed vermicelli with sauerkraut are all essential foods for Chinese New Year.
New Year's Day customs in the south tend to be "elegant". During the Spring Festival in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, bamboo sticks and grass are ignited, which is called "Qingtian silkworm". Shaoxing will entertain guests with "tea, vegetables and tea" on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and some will add olives and kumquat, which is called "holding gold ingots".
In Fujian, the Fujian pronunciation of "spring" is the same as that of "leftover". When eating on New Year's Day, flowers made of red paper should be inserted into the rice, commonly known as "spring rice". Spring rice is a symbol of "more than one year". In Guangdong, on New Year's Day, the elders will reward the younger generation with red envelopes or oranges, which is also a symbol of good luck and balance in the coming year.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year in Taiwan Province Province, the whole family, old and young, get together for dinner and put hot pot on the table, which is called "surrounding the stove". Those who take part in the "fireplace" should taste everything on the table and drink symbolically to make the next year prosperous.
4. Poems about New Year's Day
1, the first month of the lunar calendar is called New Year's Day, commonly known as New Year's Day.
Judy is in March in Meng Chun, which is the spring of New Year's Day.
3, 4 New Year's Day, long life today.
4, the original Yuan You, ancient days only good, this is a good meeting, feast this high hall.
5, the old people worry about adding years, and the rest are happy to enter the spring. Ranked seventh, there are only a few people.
6. Dai Hang held his wish first and was amazed in the mirror. It's a good idea to steal in front of the lamp. Tu Su shouldn't taste it first.
7. I called back to the north last night and set out from the east today. I'm already strong, and I'm worried about agriculture without money.
8. Sangye still cultivates his father, and the lotus hoe follows the shepherd boy. Tian said that this year's climate is abundant.
9, the night rain solves the residual snow, the morning sun opens the yin, the peach character is written, and the pepper wine is oblique.
10, firecrackers are one year old, and the spring breeze enters Tu Su from send warm.