Custom of new year's day

When China just started to celebrate New Year's Day, the customs and habits it celebrated were of course mostly similar to the Spring Festival, or a scaled-down version of the Spring Festival. Although some traditional ways of celebration are followed, such as setting off firecrackers, killing Sansheng, worshipping ghosts and gods, and offering sacrifices to ancestors, they do not occupy a very important position in people's minds. In modern times, the custom of celebrating the New Year is simpler. Nowadays, it is common to organize activities in groups, such as New Year's Eve parties, hanging slogans to celebrate New Year's Day, or holding group activities.

The traditional way of celebrating in China lies in the people, especially in the countryside. Every new year's day, every household will set off firecrackers, kill chickens and geese, and worship the gods of all parties, which means family reunion and dinner. As for a more intense way to celebrate, I haven't seen it yet.

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New Year's Day, commonly known as "New Year" in most countries in the world, is the first day of the Gregorian New Year. Yuan, meaning "first"; Dan means "day"; New Year's Day means "the first day". The word "New Year" first appeared in the Book of Jin, but its meaning has been used for more than 4000 years.

In ancient China, the first day and October of the twelfth lunar month were regarded as New Year's Day. The first day of the twelfth lunar month was 65438+ October 1, the second day of the Republic of China was 65438+ October 1, and the third day of China people was 1949.

Legend has it that during the prosperous period of Yao and Shun in ancient times more than 4,000 years ago, when Emperor Yao was in power, he worked diligently for the people and did many good things for the people, which was deeply loved by the people. However, due to his son's incompetence, he did not pass on the throne of "emperor" to his son, but passed it on to Shun, who has both ability and political integrity. Yao said to Shun, "You must pass on the throne in the future, and you will be relieved when I die." Later, Shun passed the throne to Yu, who made great contributions to flood control. Yu also loves the people and has done many good things for the people like Shun, and is deeply loved by the people. Later, after Yao's death, people took the day of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth and the first emperor Yao as the beginning of the year, and called the first day of the first month "New Year's Day" or "Jacky", which was the ancient New Year's Day.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-New Year's Day