There are seven-character quatrains about New Year's Day in ancient poems.

A seven-character quatrain "Yuan Ri" written by Wang Anshi and Yuan is called "The First Song"; Dan means "day"; New Year's Day means "the first day". In ancient China, the first day of the twelfth lunar month and the first day of October were New Year's Day, and the first day of the twelfth lunar month and the first day of October were the lunar calendar 1.

first day of the lunar month

The roar of firecrackers, the old year has passed; The warm spring breeze ushered in the New Year, and people happily drank the newly brewed Tu Su wine.

The rising sun sheds light on doors of each household, New peachwood charm is put up to replace the old.

Precautions:

January 1st: The first day of the first lunar month, that is, the Spring Festival.

(2) Firecrackers: the sound made by the ancients when they burned bamboo. It was used to ward off evil spirits and later evolved into setting off firecrackers. One year old except: one year has passed. Except, passed away.

(3) Tu Su: "It refers to Tu Su wine, and drinking Tu Su wine is also the custom of ancient Chinese New Year. On the first day of the New Year, the whole family drinks this wine soaked in Tu Su grass to ward off evil spirits and avoid epidemic diseases, so as to live longer.

(4) Thousands of households: describe numerous portals and dense population. Bend: the bright and warm appearance at sunrise.

5. Peach: Fu Tao is an ancient custom. On the first day of the first lunar month, people write the names of Shen Tu and Lei Yu on a mahogany board and hang them by the door to ward off evil spirits. Also called Spring Festival couplets.

Translation:

In the sound of firecrackers, the old year passed; The warm spring breeze ushered in the New Year, and people happily drank the newly brewed Tu Su wine. The rising sun shines on thousands of families, who are busy taking off the old peach charms and replacing them with new ones.