The word "New Year's Day" in the history of China first appeared in the Book of Jin. "New Year's Day" in the history of China refers to the first month. The calculation method of "the first month" was very inconsistent before the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, and the date of New Year's Day in previous dynasties was also inconsistent. From the beginning of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, January of the lunar calendar was designated as the "first month", and the first day of January was called New Year's Day, which was used until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

After the Revolution of 1911, it was decided to use the Gregorian calendar (actually used 19 12) in the first year of the Republic of China, and it was stipulated that Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/0 was called "New Year's Day", but it was not called "New Year's Day". 1949, People's Republic of China (PRC) (PRC) takes Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/as New Year's Day, so New Year's Day is also called "solar calendar year", "new calendar year" or "Gregorian calendar year" in China.

New Year's Day in China always refers to the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar (summer and lunar calendar). The "yuan" of "New Year's Day" refers to the beginning, which means the first. The beginning of every number on New Year's Day is called "Yuan"; "Dan" is a hieroglyph, with the upper "sun" representing the sun and the lower "one" representing the horizon. "Dan" means that the sun rises from the horizon of Ran Ran, symbolizing the beginning of a day.

People put "Yuan" and "Dan" together, which means the first day of the New Year. New Year's Day is also called "three yuan", that is, year yuan, month yuan and hour yuan.

Different languages in Chinese have different names, some are called "New Year's Day", some are called "Big Day", and some are called "New Year's Day", which is generally called "the first day of the first month". In China, New Year's Day has been listed as a legal holiday. Because the longitude position of different countries in the world is different and the time of different countries is different, the date of "New Year's Day" is also different. China is the first 12 country in the world to start the New Year.