1. Yuan Day
Song Dynasty: Wang Anshi
The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.
Thousands of households always exchange old talismans for new peaches.
Translation: Amidst the roaring sound of firecrackers, the old year has passed; the warm spring breeze brings the new year, and people happily drink the newly brewed Tusu wine. The rising sun shines on thousands of households, and they are all busy taking down the old peach charms and replacing them with new ones.
2. Tianjia New Year's Day
Tang Dynasty: Meng Haoran
Last night the fight returned to the north, and today the new year starts in the east. I have become an official in my old age, but I still worry about farmers without salary.
The father plowed the fields, and the shepherd boy followed him with the hoe. The Tian family accounted for the climate, and the emperor said it would be a good year.
Translation: Last night the handle of the Big Dipper turned to the east, and this morning the year begins again. I am already forty years old. Although I do not have an official position, I am still worried about farming. Close to the farmers working in the fields full of mulberry trees, carrying hoes and working together with the shepherd boys. Farmers speculate on this year's harvest and say it will be a bumper year.
3. New Year
Tang Dynasty: Jia Dao
How can the dragon bell be used to renew the year?
The stone gate has been hidden for a long time, and the bronze mirror has been peeking frequently.
The flowers and hair are newly moved to the trees, and I know the spring of my homeland.
Who can overcome this hatred, how can it be from the Beizong.
Translation: Sighing how this old body can renew itself like a year. I pondered for a long time by the stone door whether to retire, and when I saw the old face in the bronze mirror, I couldn't help but peek again and again. The flowers are blooming again, and new trees have been moved to the roadside. I know in my heart that spring is coming in my motherland. Who can calm the dissatisfaction in my heart? It's not Buddhist anyway.
4. New Year's compositions
Tang Dynasty: Liu Changqing?
The hometown is full of enthusiasm for the new year, and the sky is alone with tears.
When you grow old, you live among others, and when you return in spring, you come first.
The mountains and apes are in the same day and evening, and the rivers and willows are surrounded by wind and smoke.
It’s like Changsha Fu, a few years from now.
Translation: As the New Year approaches, I feel homesick even more intensely, and I can’t help but shed tears at the independent horizon. When I reach old age, I am relegated to a subordinate position, and the return of spring hurries ahead of me. The apes and monkeys in the mountains spend the dusk with me, and the willows by the river share my sorrow. I have suffered the same fate as the Grand Tutor. How long will this life last?
5. Yuan Day
Tang Dynasty: Cheng Yanxiong
Dai Xing first held the wine cup to congratulate Yao, and the mirror was shocked by the frost on his temples. ?
It’s a good thing that Tu Su was secretly laughing in front of the lamp, but Tu Su shouldn’t be allowed to taste it first
Translation: I came back at night and toasted to everyone to celebrate my longevity, but I accidentally saw it in the mirror. His temples are already gray. He smiled secretly at himself in the mirror. It seemed that he might not be the first to taste this Tusu wine.
Extended information:
New Year's Day, January 1 of the Gregorian calendar, is commonly known as "New Year" in most countries in the world. Yuan means "beginning", and the beginning of any number is called "yuan"; Dan means "day"; "New Year's Day" means "the initial day". New Year's Day is also called "Three Yuan", which is the Yuan of the year, the Yuan of the month, and the Yuan of the hour. Due to different geographical environments and calendars, in different eras, New Year's Day has been determined differently by various countries and ethnic groups around the world. Now, the Gregorian calendar is increasingly recognized by countries around the world.
Most countries in the world have adopted the internationally accepted Gregorian calendar and regard January 1st as "New Year's Day" every year. Countries that use the Gregorian calendar as their calendar use January 1 of each year as New Year's Day, a national holiday.
The word "New Year's Day" in Chinese history first appeared in "Book of Jin". "New Year's Day" in Chinese history refers to the "first day of the first lunar month". The calculation method of "first lunar month" was very inconsistent before the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the New Year's Day dates in the past dynasties were inconsistent. Starting from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the first month of the lunar calendar was designated as the "first month", and the first day of January was called New Year's Day, which was still used until the end of the Qing Dynasty.
After the Revolution of 1911, in order to "make Xia Zhengzheng, so it follows the agricultural season, and follow the Western calendar, so it is convenient for statistics", it was decided to use the Gregorian calendar in the first year of the Republic of China (actually used in 1912), and stipulated that January 1 of the Gregorian calendar It is called "New Year", but it is not called "New Year's Day". In 1949, the People's Republic of China adopted January 1st of the Gregorian calendar as New Year's Day. Therefore, "New Year's Day" is also called "Gregorian calendar year", "New calendar year" or "Gregorian calendar year" in China.