Yuan has meaning only, Dan refers to the dawn of time, but also refers to the day pass. New year's day, is the first day of the year. New year's day, the first from southern Xiao Ziyun "referred elegance" poem: four new year, beginning today as the magic of longevity. Always refers to the lunar calendar (Lunar New Year's day, the first day of the first lunar calendar). There are different names in Chinese dialects, there is a large Lunar New Year's day, called the first, called the lunar new year, also called general Zheng Yuechu
China's New Year's Day comes from one of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and has a history of more than 3,000 years.
The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in the "Book of Jin": "The Emperor of the Sui Dynasty took the Meng Xia Zhengyue as the Yuan, in fact, the Spring of the New Year's Day".
China first called the first day of the first lunar month as "New Year's Day". Yuan means "beginning" and "beginning". Dan refers to "days". The New Year's Day is called "the initial day", which is the first day of the year.
The New Year's Day in the West is said to have settled in the Nile Valley around 50,000 BC. In the long-term observation, it was found that the flooding time was regular, about 365 days apart, that is, one year.
When the tide of the Nile River rises near the city of Cairo, it is also the time when the Sun and Sirius rise from the horizon at the same time. Thus, the ancient Egyptians set this day as the beginning of the year.
This is the earliest origin of New Year's Day.
本回答被网友采纳Yuandan is the first day of the lunar calendar. It is the day when the earth has circled the sun for one round and is beginning another circling. It represents a new beginning when people send off the old days and welcome the new ones.
As the first day of the year, yuandan has been considered to be the most important festival since the ancient times.
Customs:
Kaisui(beginning of the year): according to the chinese traditional custom, starting from haishi(9p.m. to 11p.m.)of the last evening of the twelfth lunar month, each family must prepare offering s to deities at the altar.
At the same time, they too prepare food for the new year day: the whole family will then stay awake together to attend to the year(called shou sui). after haishi, zishi(11p.m. to 1a.m.)will come, and this is the arrival of new year(yuandan).
At this moment, people begin the celebration with fireworks. Vegetarian and sweet foods will then be placed are the altar for offerings, and incense be burned to welcome the deities. In the ancient times, it was believed that haishi connected the two years and thus was called kaisui.
