The first day of the lunar month
Song/Wang Anshi
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.
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The firecrackers sent away the old year, and the spring breeze brought send warm into Tu Su wine.
The rising sun shines on thousands of families, and the old peach charms are removed and replaced with new ones.
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The so-called "January Day" is the first day of the first lunar month. It was always called "New Year's Day" or "Yuan Day" before the Qing Dynasty, and it was renamed "Spring Festival" after the Revolution of 1911.
1 September 27th, 949, at the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference, it was decided to adopt the universal Gregorian calendar era, and Gregorian calendar 1 month/day was designated as New Year's Day, commonly known as Gregorian calendar year. The first day of the first lunar month is usually around beginning of spring, so it is called "Spring Festival", commonly known as the Lunar New Year.
Tracing back to the relevant culture of "Nian", I return to Wang Anshi's "Yuan Ri". As a dazzling politician, writer and poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi grasped the three traditional customs of setting off firecrackers, drinking Tu Su wine and exchanging new peaches for old ones, creating a peaceful and happy atmosphere during the Spring Festival.