New Year's Day, which is commonly known as the "New Year" in most countries in the world, is the first day of the new year of the Gregorian calendar. Yuan, said "first"; Dan, that is "day"; "New Year's Day" means "first day."
The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in "Jin Shu": "The emperor used Mengxia as the first month of the Yuan, but in fact it was the spring of the New Year's Day."
In ancient China, the first month of the lunar month, October, etc. was New Year's Day, Han Wudi was January 1 of the lunar calendar, and the Republic of China was January 1 of the Gregorian calendar.
Story:
At the time of the prosperity of the ancient times more than 4,000 years ago, when the emperor was in office, he diligently did a lot of good things for the people and was very much loved by the people.
However, because of his son's talent, he was not very successful. He did not pass the "Emperor" throne to his son,
but passed it to the moral character who could be both.He said to him: "On the New Year's Day, you must pass on the emperor's position in the future. After I die, I can rest assured. "
Later, the emperor passed on the emperor's position to the flood power. He also loved the people and did a lot of good things for the people. He was very loved.
As a result, after the death of Yao, the day when Emperor Sui worshiped the heavens and the earth and the first emperor,
as the day of the beginning of the year, the first day of the first month was called "New Year's Day" or "Yuanzheng". This is the ancient New Year's Day.