September 27, 1949, the first plenary session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) unanimously approved the Chinese People's **** and State to adopt the A.D. chronology.
The National Day of the Chinese People's **** and State
On December 3, 1949, the Fourth Session of the Central People's Government Committee accepted the proposal of the CPPCC and adopted the Resolution on the National Day of the Chinese People's **** and State, deciding that October 1 of each year would be the great day on which the Chinese People's **** and State were proclaimed, and that it would be the National Day of the Chinese People's **** and State.
The National Day of Remembrance is a feature of the modern nation-state, which emerged and became particularly important with the emergence of the modern nation-state. It became a symbol of an independent state, reflecting the statehood and polity of that state.
Once the special commemoration of the national day became a new, universal form of festival, it carried the function of reflecting the cohesion of this country and nation. At the same time, the large-scale celebrations on the National Day is also a concrete embodiment of the government's mobilization and appeal. The three basic features of the National Day celebrations are to show strength, enhance national confidence, reflect cohesion, and give play to the power of appeal.
October 1, 1949, the Chinese people *** and the establishment of the country, the National Day celebration form has changed several times. The photo below right shows Tiananmen Square where flowers are placed to celebrate the National Day.
gqIn the early years of the founding of New China (1950-1959), large-scale celebrations were held every year on the National Day, along with military parades.In September 1960, the Central Committee and the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in line with the policy of building a nation through thrift and diligence, decided to reform the National Day system. Since then, from 1960 to 1970, every year on the National Day, a grand rally and mass procession were held in front of Tiananmen Square, but no military parade was held.
Beijing celebrated the National Day on Oct. 1 every year from 1971 to 1983 with other forms of activities such as large-scale parades and carnivals, but no mass processions.
In 1984, the 35th anniversary of the National Day was celebrated with a grand National Day parade and mass celebratory marches. In the following ten years, are used in other forms to celebrate the National Day, did not hold the National Day parade and mass celebrations. 1999 October 1, the 50th anniversary of the National Day, held a grand National Day parade and mass celebrations. This is the Chinese people's **** and the country in the 20th century held the last grand National Day celebrations.
Since the founding of New China, on the National Day celebrations **** conducted 13 military parades. They were 11 times between 1949 and 1959 and two times on the 35th anniversary of the National Day in 1984 and the 50th anniversary of the National Day in 1999.
The National Day of Remembrance is a feature of the modern nation-state that emerged and became particularly important with the emergence of the modern nation-state. It became a symbol of an independent state, reflecting the statehood and polity of that state.
Once the special commemoration of the national day became a new, universal form of festival, it carried the function of reflecting the cohesion of this country and nation. At the same time, the large-scale celebrations on the National Day are a concrete manifestation of the government's mobilization and appeal.
After the parade, people tend to gather in the park or public **** place **** with the celebration of the holiday, enjoy singing and drinking. If it happens to coincide with the presidential election or parliamentary elections, politicians also tend to seize this time to campaign speeches. Show of strength, enhance national confidence, reflect cohesion, play a call to arms, that is, the three basic characteristics of the national day celebration.
Edit paragraph National Day origin
The countries of the world to determine the basis of the National Day is strange. According to statistics, there are 35 countries in the world that set their national day on the day the country was founded. The day of occupation of the capital as the national day of Cuba, Cambodia and so on. Some countries take the national independence day as the national day. 1804 January 1, the Haitian people annihilated Napoleon's 60,000 expeditionary force, declared independence in Port-au-Prince, and from then on the first of January every year as the national day. The same is true for Mexico, Ghana and other countries. There are also some countries to the anniversary of the armed uprising as a national holiday. July 14 is the French national day. 1789 this day, the people of Paris captured the Bastille, a symbol of feudal rule, overthrew the monarchy. Some other countries celebrate their national days on the days of major conferences. The United States celebrates July 4, 1776, the day the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, as its national day. Canada celebrates its national day on July 1, 1867, the day the British Parliament passed the North America Act of Great Britain. There are also national days celebrated on the birthdays of heads of state, such as Nepal, Thailand, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and other countries.