Holiday | New Year’s Day – May the old year bring you every wish fulfilled, and may the new year bring you everything your heart desires!

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2024-01-01

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One The meaning of New Year's Day

[Yuan]

In the "Book of Changes," As one of the four virtues of the Qian hexagram, “Yuan” symbolizes the initial stage of all things and corresponds to spring.

New Year’s Day marks the beginning of vitality, the beginning of warmth, and the beginning of hope. 。

【Dawn】

According to the "Shuowen Jiezi": Dan, Also bright. Seeing one above each day, Earth. The sun has awakened, Slowly

Climbing onto the horizon, It shot forth beams of golden light, illuminating the clouds in the sky and warming people’s hearts.

As for New Year’s Day, Mr. Feng Jicai has a truly beautiful description. ： Time is sometimes also empty. Meanwhile, as we step from the old year into the new, it’s just like moving from one space into another. Space. This brand-new space is both large and empty. Filled with time that has never been used. People are in...

This moment’s hope is for a fresh start to all things. ”

Two 、 The Origin of New Year's Day

( 1) “New Year’s Day” The term first appeared in the “Book of Jin,” but its meaning has been carried forward ever since. Over 4,000

Year.

( 2) AD 1911 In the year, Sun Yat-sen proposed... “Following the Xia calendar ensures alignment with agricultural seasons; adhering to the Gregorian calendar, however…” For statistical purposes “...In the first year of the Republic of China, it was decided to adopt the Gregorian calendar (but in practice, it was...” 1912 Year ), and stipulate

Gregorian calendar (Gregorian calendar) 1 Moon The 1st day was called “New Year,” but at that time it wasn’t yet referred to as “New Year’s Day.”

( 3) Today’s “New Year’s Day” ”, was on the eve of the founding of New China. 1949 Year 9 Moon 2 7th, The resolution of the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference decided to rename the first day of the first lunar month as... Spring Festival January 1 on the Gregorian calendar is designated as “New Year’s Day.” ”,至此, New Year's Day has just become a national holiday for all Chinese people.

A joyful festival.

Three , [About ancient times] New Year’s Day mythological story】

The legend says that... More than 4,000 years ago, during the prosperous era of Yao and Shun in ancient times, Emperor Yao was diligent in governance and loved his people while on the throne. He has done many good deeds for the people and is deeply loved by the general public. But since his son lacks talent and is unlikely to amount to much, He didn't. Son of Heaven not to his own son, but to one who possesses both virtue and talent. Shun. Yao said to Shun: “You must ensure that the imperial throne is passed on properly in the future, so that I can rest easy after my death.” Closed my eyes. After Shun, Yu, who had distinguished himself in controlling the floods, succeeded to the throne. Yu originally... Dawn's □ Anonymous comes History and customs How many people do you know who, like Shun, were deeply devoted to the people and loved them wholeheartedly, doing countless good deeds for the common folk? He was also deeply beloved by the people. Later, after Yao’s death, Emperor Shun performed rituals to honor Heaven and Earth as well as the former emperor Yao.

The day when the year begins, as if it were the first day of the year, Calling the first day of the first lunar month New Year’s Day ”, or “Yuánzhèng” ”，

This was the ancient New Year’s Day.

Four , New Year's Day Habit

As the New Year arrives, people across the country have the custom of paying New Year’s calls, pasting Spring Festival couplets, and visiting relatives. The various activities celebrating the New Year are rich and colorful. Among them, there is one classic couplet that stands out: “May heaven add years to your life and bring you longer health; may spring fill the universe with blessings and your home be filled with fortune”—this best captures the significance of adding years during the Spring Festival. Throughout history, dynasties have also held celebratory ceremonies and rituals on New Year’s Day, such as offering sacrifices to various deities and ancestors, composing door couplets, hanging spring banners, writing “fu” characters, and performing dragon dances.

So, the ancient... What kind of unique scenery does the “New Year’s Day” present under the pens of scholars and literati?

Zhu Jianshen of the Ming Dynasty, "Auspicious Scene for the New Year" (Image provided by the Palace Museum’s official website)

Qing Lang Shining, Ding Guanpeng, Shen Yuan, Zhou Kun, and others "Emperor Qianlong Enjoying the New Year’s Festival" (Image provided by the Palace Museum’s official website)

Wu Changshuo’s “New Year’s Still Life” from the Qing Dynasty (Image provided by the Palace Museum’s official website)

Five What to eat for New Year’s Day?

In ancient times, people would consume pepper-cypress wine, peach soup, tusu wine, the five-spice platter, soup noodles, and glutinous rice cakes on New Year's Day. Wishing you good health in the coming year. Eating New Year’s rice cakes on New Year’s Day was popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties. ， It is especially popular in the south. According to... The second volume of "Yijing Jingwu Lue" from the late Ming dynasty records that, New Year's Day in the first month, ” Eating New Year’s rice cakes was popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Era, It is especially popular in the south. As recorded in Volume Two of "Jingwu Lue of the Imperial Capital" from the late Ming dynasty, on the first day of the first lunar month, "Early morning" Xing Guan Ji, Eat jujube cake, Daily New Year Cake “Surely, Ba Da Shanren will also eat New Year’s rice cakes on New Year’s Day—right?” Customs. In the early works of Bada Shanren, we often see themes featuring fruits, vegetables, and produce. the work, First, the choice of subject matter is also a reflection of life itself.