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篇1：元旦节的由来元旦的英文介绍

元旦节的由来

中国元旦历来指的是夏历(农历、阴历)正月初一。正月初一的计算方法，在汉武帝时期以前也是很不统一的。因此，历代的元旦月、日也并不一致。夏朝的夏历以孟喜月(元月)为正月，商朝的殷历以腊月(十二月)为正月，周朝的周历以冬月(十一月)为正月。秦始皇统一中国后，又以阳春月(十月)为正月，即十月初一为元旦。

从汉武帝起，规定孟喜月(元月)为正月，把孟喜月的第一天(夏历的正月初一)称为元旦，一直沿用到清朝末年。

公元19，孙中山领导的辛亥革命推翻了满清的统治，建立了中华民国。各省都督代表在南京开会决定使用公历，把农历的1月1日叫做“春节”，把公历的1月1日称为“元旦”，不过当时并没有正式公布。

为了“行夏正，所以顺农时，从西历，所以便统计”，民国元年决定使用公历(实际使用是19)，并规定阳历1月1日为“新年”，但并不称为“元旦”。

1949年9月27日，第一届中国人民政治协商会议，在决定建立中华人民共和国的同时，也决定采用世界通用的公元纪年法，即我们所说的阳历。元旦，指西元纪年的岁首第一天。

为区别农历和阳历两个新年，又鉴于农历二十四节气中的“立春”恰在农历新年的前后，因此便把农历一月一日改称为“春节”，阳历1月1日定为新年的开始――“元旦”，并列入法定假日，成为全国人民的节日。

元旦的由来的传说

在中国关于元旦的由来，有个传说，是在4000多年前远古的尧舜盛世之时，尧天子在位时勤政于民为百姓办了很多好事，很受广大百姓爱戴，但因其子无才不太成器，他没把“天子”的皇位传给自己的儿子，而是传给了品德才能兼备的舜。尧对舜说:“你今后一定要把帝位传交好，待我死后也可安心瞑目了。”后来舜把帝位传给了治洪水有功的禹，禹亦像舜那样亲民爱民为百姓做了很多好事，都十分受人爱戴。后来人们把尧死后，舜帝祭祀天地和先帝尧的那一天，当作一年的开始之日，把正月初一称为“元旦”，或“元正”，这就是古代的元旦的由来。历代皇朝都在元旦举行庆贺典仪祈祀等活动，如祭诸神祭先祖，写门对挂春联，书写福字、舞龙灯，民间也逐渐形成祭神佛、祭祖先、贴春联、放鞭炮、守岁、吃团圆饭以及众多的“社火”等娱乐欢庆活动。晋代诗人辛兰曾有《元正》诗:“元正启令节，嘉庆肇自兹。咸奏万年觞，小大同悦熙。”记述元旦庆贺情景。

庆祝元旦的三大方式

方式一全中国甚至是全世界都知道，很多国家都把元旦定为法定节日，在元旦这天放假。新中国成立后，也规定元旦为法定节日，放假一天。

方式二现在比较普遍的就是由团体组织的活动，如元旦联欢会、挂庆祝元旦的标语、或举行集体活动等。以前有组织敲锣打鼓、集体跳民族舞的，现在在电视记录片上还能看到。到科技发展的今天，就演变为联欢晚会什么的了。近年更是有旅游、聚会等节目，反正元旦这天并没有太多的传统，在这一天放假了，随你怎么玩都行。甚至，元旦这天对年轻一代来说只意味着一天的假期。

方式三保留着中国传统的庆祝方式就在于民间了，尤其是在农村。每到元旦，家家户户都会燃放炮竹，杀鸡宰鹅的，拜祭过各方神灵后，就是一家人团圆，聚一餐。至于更为浓重的庆祝方式暂时还没见过。

篇2：元旦节的由来元旦的英文介绍

元旦的英文：New Year's Day

New Year's Day 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.

元旦是农历的第一天。这是一天，当地球绕着太阳转一圈，正在开始另一个循环。当人们送走旧的日子，并欢迎新的朋友的时候，它代表了一个新的开始。作为一年的第一天，元旦已被认为是自古以来最重要的节日。

习俗

1.开岁(一年的开始)：根据中国传统习俗，从亥时(21点到23点)的阴历第十二个月的最后一个晚上，每个家庭必须准备提供的s到神的祭坛。同时，他们也准备了新的一年的食物：整个家庭，然后保持清醒，一起参加一年(称为守岁)。在亥时，子时(23：00-1：00.)会来的，这是新的一年的到来(元旦)。在这一刻，人们开始用烟火庆祝。素食和甜食，然后被放置在祭坛，和香被烧毁欢迎神。在古代，人们认为亥时连接两年，因此被称为“开岁”。

在同一天晚上，一些家庭将按照在统和地方在“幸运神”在“财富时间”得到神的祭坛方向准备指令。如果“财富之神”的方向是“不适的位置”，人们会选择接受“快乐之神”或“高贵的神”。

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.

At the same night, some families will follow the instruction in tongshu and place preparing altar in the direction of the “fortune deity” during the “fortune time” to receive the deity. if the direction of the “fortune deity” is at the “ill position”, people will choose to receive “happy deity” or “noble deity” instead.

2.在以北部和南部地区之间的中国的元旦食物习惯明显不同。北方人有取饺子的习惯(饺子是用面粉做的，里面有蔬菜和肉包)。有些人可能把一个甜的或一个硬币内的饺子，希望有一个甜蜜的一年后品尝的甜蜜和一个富裕的一年后，品尝硬币。另一方面，中国南方有就元旦杀害禁忌。因此，他们不参加的元旦早上发球肉类，以避免流血或互相残杀。为了逃避不幸，他们在这一天的第一顿饭没有肉。相反，他们以素食为美德。

There is an apparent difference in the custom of food taking on yuandan between the chinese in the northern and southern regions. the norther chinese has the habit of taking jiao zi(dumpling made of flour with vegetable and meat wrapped inside). some people may put a sweet or a coin inside jiao zi, hoping to have a sweet year after tasting the sweet and a wealthy year after tasting the coin. on the other hand, the southern chinese have the taboo for killing on yuandan. therefore, they do not take meat in tee morning of yuandan, so as to avoid bloodshed or mutual slaughter. in order to evade misfortune, they have the first meal of this day without meat. instead, they take vegetarian food for the sake of virtue.

3.新的一年里有什么特殊的是，父母或长辈会把红色的包(和“包”和“你的钱”)分发给孩子们。远古时代的人们更特别地在赠送红包：新的一年的除夕之夜的分布，使孩子们能压制过去的一年，进入新的一年。“雅”的意思是克服不可预知的未来。代表对健康儿童心理成长的愿望，压岁钱象征长老希望看到自己的孩子克服各种不可预知的因素所带来的“年”。

What is special during the new year is that parents or elders will distribute red packets(ang pao or ya sui qian)to the children. people in the ancient times were more particular in giving away the red packets: the distribution took place on the eve of new year so that the kids could suppress the past year and enter the new year. ya sui has the meaning of overcoming the unpredictable future. representing the wishes for the healthy psychological growth of the children, ya sui qian symbolises the elders' hope to see their children overcome all the unpredictable elements brought by the “year”.

篇3：英文作文：元旦节介绍

英文作文：元旦节介绍

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

1. 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.

At the same night, some families will follow the instruction in Tongshu and place preparing altar in the direction of the “fortune deity” during the “fortune time” to receive the deity. If the direction of the “fortune deity” is at the “ill position”, people will choose to receive “happy deity” or “noble deity” instead.

2. There is an apparent difference in the custom of food taking on Yuandan between the Chinese in the northern and southern regions. The northern Chinese has the habit of taking jiao zi(dumpling made of flour with vegetable and meat wrapped inside). Some people may put a sweet or a coin inside jiao zi, hoping to have a sweet year after tasting the sweet and a wealthy year after tasting the coin. on the other hand, the southern Chinese have the taboo for killing on Yuandan. Therefore, they do not take meat in tee morning of Yuandan, so as to avoid bloodshed or mutual slaughter. In order to evade misfortune, they have the first meal of this day without meat. Instead, they take vegetarian food for the sake of virtue.

3. What is special during the New Year is that parents or elders will distribute red packets(ang pao or ya sui qian)to the children. People in the ancient times were more particular in giving away the red packets: the distribution took place on the eve of New Year so that the kids could suppress the past year and enter the New Year. Ya sui has the meaning of overcoming the unpredictable future. Representing the wishes for the healthy psychological growth of the children, ya sui qian symbolises the elders' hope to see their children overcome all the unpredictable elements brought by the “year”.

篇4：元旦的由来中英文介绍

从古代殷朝汉朝一直到民国，然后到新中国成立，元旦节的演变是一个很长的历史过程。此文简单的介绍了元旦的含义及元旦节的由来。

In ancient China, Yuan Dan was not on January 1st, as regulated in the Gregorian calendar. The date of Yuan Dan had been changed many times from the 1st of the 12th lunar month in Yin Dynasty to the 1st of the 1st lunar month in Han Dynasty. When Sun Yat-sen took office as the temporary President in Nanjing at the beginning of January of 1912, he set the 1st of the 1st lunar month as the Spring Festival while the 1st of January was set as the New Year, which was also called Yuan Dan. After liberation, the Central Government of China issued a National Festival and Memorial Day Holiday that set January 1st as Yuan Dan, which was a one-day holiday for the whole country. In order to distinguish the two New Years of both the lunar calendar and solar calendar, and as the “spring beginning” of the Lunar Calendar was always around the lunar New Year, the 1st of the 1st lunar month was called the Spring Festival. Yuan means the beginning, the first. The beginning of a number is Yuan. Dan, which is a pictographic character in the Chinese language, means the day rises from the horizon, symbolizing the beginning of a day. When Yuan and Dan are combined, it means the first day of a New Year. Yuan Dan is also called Three Yuan, the beginning of a year, the beginning of a month and the beginning of an hour. The word Yuan Dan was first used during the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns era.

在古代，按公历来说，元旦不仅仅是一月一号这一天。元旦的日期从殷朝腊月初一改到汉朝的正月初一。公元19，孙中山领导的辛亥革命，推翻了满清的统治，建立了中华民国。各省都督代表在南京开会，决定使用公历，把农历的正月初一叫做“春节”，把公历的1月1日叫做“元旦”。新中国成立后，中国出台了关于全国假日和战争纪念日的放假规定时，定1月1号为元旦，全国放假一天。为了区别农历和阳历的两个新年有鉴于农历二十四节气中的“立春”恰在农历新年的前后，因此便把农历正月初一改称为“春节”。“元”意为开始，第一，数字的第一个称元。“旦”在中国文字里是象形文字，其意思为太阳从地平线上圣骑，意为一天的开始。当“元”和“旦”相结合，意思就成了一年开始得第一天。元旦又称“三元”，即岁之元、月之元、时之元。元旦最早可以追溯到“ 三皇五帝时期”（ “三皇”指天、地、人皇。“五帝”指木帝、火帝、土帝、金帝和水帝。）

In Jin Shu, compiled by Fang Xuanling in the Tang Dynasty, the first lunar month was called Yuan and the 1st day was called Dan.

元旦一词始于三皇五帝，唐房玄龄等人写的《晋书》上载，把正月称为元，初一为旦。

1.元旦的由来介绍

2.元旦的由来简介

3.元旦的由来英语

4.元旦的由来300字

5.元旦的由来200字

6.关于元旦的由来解读

7.关于元旦的由来

8.元旦节的由来简介

9.元旦的由来英文版

10.元旦的由来50字

篇5：元旦由来英文

元旦由来英文

Customs

1. 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.

2. There is an apparent difference in the custom of food taking on Yuandan between the Chinese in the northern and southern regions.

The northern Chinese has the habit of taking jiao zi（dumpling made of flour with vegetable and meat wrapped inside）。 Some people may put a sweet or a coin inside jiao zi, hoping to have a sweet year after tasting the sweet and a wealthy year after tasting the coin. on the other hand, the southern Chinese have the taboo for killing on Yuandan. Therefore, they do not take meat in tee morning of Yuandan, so as to avoid bloodshed or mutual slaughter. In order to evade misfortune, they have the first meal of this day without meat. Instead, they take vegetarian food for the sake of virtue.

3. What is special during the New Year is that parents or elders will distribute red packets（ang pao or ya sui qian）to the children.

People in the ancient times were more particular in giving away the red packets: the distribution took place on the eve of New Year so that the kids could suppress the past year and enter the New Year. Ya sui has the meaning of overcoming the unpredictable future. Representing the wishes for the healthy psychological growth of the children, ya sui qian symbolises the elders' hope to see their children overcome all the unpredictable elements brought by the “year”.

4. There is an extraordinary number of taboos on Yuandan.

Each place has its own customs of taboo. Here, we will mention only a few common taboos in Fujian Province, Guangdong Province and Southeast Asia:

In the past, people commonly believed that fortune was hidden in the house. So, w\\sweeping of floor must be done in the direction moving inwards, and there was no clearance of rubbish at night. Particularly on the New Tear day, in order to keep fortune from flowing out, there was no sweeping. Some families kept this taboo until the fifth or even the fifteenth day. If anything was broken, the pieces were wrapped up in order not to let the fortune slip away and were disposed only the fifth day.

Yuandan（in more serious families, the period extends from the 1st to the 15th day） marks the new beginning. In the hope that New Year brings good beginning, people should utter neither unkind words nor vulgar language. Making noises, fighting, quarreling and especially weeping are avoided to deter misfortune. There are even taboos of taking medicine and having sneeze, for it is believed that they can lead to sickness throughout the year. Taboos of the past also concerned the use of knife and the breaking of things. If a thing was broken, the word “break” or any other word importing similar meaning was not used. Instead, words like “failing to the floor and blossoming like flowers” which delivered pleasant senses were used to suggest good connections.

On Yuandan, neither lending and nor giving of money to others is done so that there will be no out-flowing of money during the year. There is also the saying that if a male sleeps in the afternoon, his career will breakdown, and if a female has an afternoon nap, the kitchen will collapse.

5. Ancient rite: In the past, there was a rite called he zheng（proper greeting）during New Year.

When a person paid a New Year visit to friends or relatives, he took along a piece of paper or card on which the name of the host was written wit Chinese brush. The receiver of this greeting card would normally paste it on the wall of his main hall to show his respect to and appreciation for the visitor. The quantity of greeting card received reflected the person's public relationship with others, while the names and status of the people who gave the greeting cards indicated the host's boundary of social network and standard of living. Nowadays, because of easy communication, convenient transportation system and wider social network, when people send their greetings they tend to follow the Western style. The greeting is now done by mail and even by email. Today, he zheng is done by simply bringing along red packets and food presents when making a visit.

To be in line with the custom of to giving away money on the first day, families in some places do not pay New Year call to others. Instead, the whole family simply goes out to enjoy themselves or stayed at home for family happiness.

6. In the past, there was a superstition that when a person left his house in the New Year, he must take the correct first step.

A particular person would look for the fortunate direction in accordance with the day, month and year of this birth basing on the explanation of Chinese calendar. On Yuan Dan, when a person stepped out of his house, he must go in the fortunate direction and avoid the unfortunate direction. Even people of less particularity also consulted Chinese calendar to find out where the fortunate directions and fierce deities were before the first step out of their houses.

Meaning

From the above mentioned customs, we can see that there are especially many taboos during Chinese New Year.

On Yuan Dan in particular, there are more taboos on speech and behaviour than those on other ordinary days. Similarly, there are more activities in pursuit of good cause than usual. On probing the activities and taboos, we have no difficulty to understand that the theme behind is always related to fortune, wealth and goodness, and that people usually concern themselves with a good beginning for the year.

Some taboos may look superstitious on the surface, but they do produce efficacy. If we practise them circumspectively, they will yield practical results. For example, the prohibition of bad words, quarrel, weeping and crying, together with the emphasis on thinking positively even when things are broken, provide some normative rules for people to follow. This gives people the opportunity to mend their ways, to develop good attitudes, and to form a habit of thinking positively and looking at the good side of things. The prohibition of sweeping and disposing the rubbish in the first five days forces people to arrange their things and clear away the rubbish properly at the end of each year, so that no unwanted things will be carried forward to the new year. At the same time, the taboo also compels people to learn to be thrifty. This is because to prevent accumulated things from becoming rubbish, people must be careful in the use of any paper or other things, and thus avoid waste of things.

The avoidance of medicine and sneeze on the first day looks like a joke and is absurd as far as the patient is concerned. However, because of the taboos, people will be conscious enough to take serious care of their health during the windy and snowing season. Thus, they will avoid falling sick in the New Year and wasting away the precious spring hours.

Nowadays, people have abandoned the custom of bringing along greeting cards when they go for New Year house visits. However, Chinese Malaysians still maintain the habit of sending New Year greeting cards by post before the New Year.

There are even non-Chinese sending New Year greeting cared in English or Malay languages to their Chinese friends. Moreover, the Chinese like to use colourful New Year cared to decorate their houses, so as to strengthen the New Year atmosphere. Like the ancient days' greeting cards for he zheng which were displayed in the main hall, these modern New Year cards also reflect the social position of the persons who receive the cards. Thus, in the way, the ancient rite of he zheng has developed in Malaysia with a Malaysian colour.

篇6：端午节由来英文介绍

The Dragon Boat Festival ,also called the Duanwu Festival ,is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.People always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races to celebrate it.

The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races,especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. It's very popular.

The rice dumpling is made of glutinous rice,meat and so on. You can eat different kinds of rice dumplings.They are very delicious.And Dragon Boat Festival is for Qu Yuan. He is an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river.

Overall, the Dragon Boat Festival is very interesting!

[端午节由来英文介绍]

篇7：春节由来英文介绍简短

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“年”这个字在中文里是一种恐怖的怪兽。因为“年”害怕红色和火，所以中国人会在门上悬挂“春联”写上美好祝福，并放鞭炮来赶跑它。这个传统有点类似西方人用大蒜和十字架吓跑吸血鬼的传统。

whnew year iso special?

为什么新年那么特别呢?

the chinese zodiac feature12 animalin the sequence of rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. thiyear ithe year of tiger. each animal representa different “personality”. according to legend, people held a conference with all the animals, informing them that thewould pick the 12 to represent the zodiac. however, in spite of being fast, the cat wanot picked aitthen-close friend, the rat, did not wake it. thiaction sparked off a rivalrythat continuetill thiday.

中国的十二生肖代表了十二种动物，他们的`顺序是：鼠、牛、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。今年是虎年。每一种动物有他们自己的“性格”。根据传说，人们当初和动物们开了一个会，最先到会的动物们就可以进入十二生肖。而身为猫最好的朋友，老鼠却没有把猫叫醒去开会。因此，它们之间的战争一直持续到今天。

篇8：春节由来英文介绍

春节由来英文介绍

History of the Spring Festival

It is unclear when the beginning of the year was celebrated before the Qin Dynasty. Traditionally, the year was said to have begun with month 1 during the Xia Dynasty, month 12 during the Shang Dynasty, and month 11 during the Zhou Dynasty. However, records show that the Zhou Dynasty began its year with month 1. Intercalary months, used to keep the lunar calendar synchronized with the sun, were added after month 12 during both the Shang Dynasty (according to surviving oracle bones) and the Zhou Dynasty (according to Sima Qian). The first Emperor of China Qin Shi Huang changed the beginning of the year to month 10 in 221 BC, also changing the location of the intercalary month to after month 9. Whether the New Year was celebrated at the beginning of month 10, of month 1, or both is unknown. In 104 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established month 1 as the beginning of the year, where it remains.

Mythology about the Spring Festival

Hand-painted Chinese New Year's poetry pasted on the sides of doors leading to people's homes, Lijiang, Yunnan, China.According to legend, in ancient China, the Nián (年) was a man-eating beast from the mountains (in other versions from under the sea), which came out every 12 months somewhere close to winter to prey on humans. The people later believed that the Nian was sensitive to loud noises and the colour red, so they scared it away with explosions, fireworks and the liberal use of the colour red. These customs led to the first New Year celebrations. Guò nián (simplified Chinese: 过年; traditional Chinese: ^年), which means to celebrate the new year, literally means the passover of the Nian.

Editor: No specified pictures about this beast as it is only an imaginary animal, you can draw one and send it to us:) Just show your imagination!

Days before the new year

On the days before the New Year celebration Chinese families give their home a thorough cleaning. There is a Cantonese saying “Wash away the dirts on nianyiba”(年廿八，洗邋遢), but the practice is not usually restricted on nianyiba(年二八, the 28th day of month 12). It is believed the cleaning sweeps away the bad luck of the preceding year and makes their homes ready for good luck. Brooms and dust pans are put away on the first day so that luck cannot be swept away. Some people give their homes, doors and window-panes a new coat of red paint. Homes are often decorated with paper cutouts of Chinese auspicious phrases and couplets.

A woman is cleaning home

The biggest event of any Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner every family will have. A dish consisting of fish will appear on the tables of Chinese families. It is for display for the New Year's Eve dinner. In northern China, it is also customary to have dumplings for this dinner. Dumplings symbolize wealth because their shape is like a Chinese gold nugget. This is comparable to Christmas dinner in the West, except with much more food.

First day of the new year

The first day is for the welcoming of the deities of the heavens and earth. Many people, especially Buddhists, abstain from meat consumption on the first day because it is believed that this will ensure longevity for them. Some consider lighting fires and using knives to be bad luck on New Year's Day, so all food to be consumed is cooked the day before.

Most importantly, the first day of Chinese New Year is a time when families visit the oldest and most senior members of their extended family, usually their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents.

Some families may invite a lion dance troupe as a symbolic ritual to usher in the Lunar New Year as well as to evict bad spirits from the premises. People also give red packets containing cash to junior members of the family, mostly children.

While fireworks and firecrackers are traditionally very popular, some regions have banned them due to concerns over fire hazards, which have resulted in increased number of fires around New Years and challenged municipal fire departments' work capacity. For this reason, various city governments (e.g., Hong Kong, and Beijing, for a number of years) issued bans over fireworks and firecrackers in certain premises of the city. As a substitute, large-scale fireworks have been launched by governments in cities like Hong Kong to offer citizens the experience.

Second day of the new year

The second day of the Chinese New Year is for married daughters to visit their birth parents. Traditionally, daughters who have been married may not have the opportunity to visit their birth families frequently. On the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. They are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.

Third and fourth days of the new year

The third and fourth day of the Chinese New Year are generally accepted as inappropriate days to visit relatives and friends due to the following schools of thought. People may subscribe to one or both thoughts.

1) It is known as “chì kǒu” (赤口), meaning that it is easy to get into arguments. It is suggested that the cause could be the fried food and visiting during the first two days of the New Year celebration.

2) Families who had an immediate kin deceased in the past 3 years will not go house-visiting as a form of respect to the dead. The third day of the New Year is allocated to grave-visiting instead. Some people conclude it is inauspicious to do any house visiting at all.

Fifth day of the new year

Eat dumplings at “Po Wu”

In northern China, people eat Jiǎozi (simplified Chinese: 饺子; traditional Chinese: 子) (dumplings) on the morning of Po Wu (破五). This is also the birthday of the Chinese god of wealth. In Taiwan, businesses traditionally re-open on this day, accompanied by firecrackers.

Seventh day of the new year

The seventh day, traditionally known as renri 人日, the common man's birthday, the day when everyone grows one year older.

It is the day when tossed raw fish salad, yusheng, is eaten. This is a custom primarily among the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, such as Malaysia and Singapore. People get together to toss the colourful salad and make wishes for continued wealth and prosperity.

For many Chinese Buddhists, this is another day to avoid meat.

Ninth day of the new year

Jade Emperor of Heaven

The ninth day of the New Year is a day for Chinese to offer prayers to the Jade Emperor of Heaven (天公) in the Taoist Pantheon.

This day is especially important to Hokkiens (Min Nan speakers). Come midnight of the eighth day of the new year, the Hokkiens will offer thanks giving prayers to the Emperor of Heaven. Offerings will include sugarcane as it was the sugarcane that had protected the Hokkiens from certain extermination generations ago. Tea is served as a customary protocol for paying respect to an honoured person.

Fifteenth day of the new year

The fifteenth day of the new year is celebrated as Yuánxiāo jié (元宵节), otherwise known as Chap Goh Mei in Fujian dialect. Tangyuan (simplified Chinese: 汤圆; traditional Chinese: A; pinyin: tāngyuán), a sweet glutinous rice ball brewed in a soup, is eaten this day. Candles are lit outside houses as a way to guide wayward spirits home. This day is celebrated as the Lantern Festival, and families walk the street carrying lighted lanterns.

Lantern Festival

This day often marks the end of the Chinese New Year festivities.

篇9：有关元旦起源由来介绍

在公元前50左右，古埃及人已由游牧改为农耕，定居在尼罗河两岸，他们的农业收成与尼罗河是否泛滥有很大关系，古埃及人从长期的观察中发现，尼罗河泛滥的时间是有规律的，他们就把这个时间每次都记录在竹竿上，从中得知两次泛滥时伺之间大约相隔365天，同时还发现，当尼罗河初涨的潮头来到今天开罗城附近的时候，也正好是太阳与天狼星同时从地平线上升起的时候。于是，古埃及人便把这一天定为一年的开始，这便是元旦的由来。

自西历传入中国以后，元旦一词便专用于新年，传统的旧历年则称春节。公元19，孙中山领导的辛亥革命，_了满清的统治，建立了中华民国。各省都督代表在南京开会，决定使用公历，把农历的正月初一叫做“春节”，把公历的1月1日叫做“元旦”。不过当时并未正式公布和命名。到孙中山于191月初在南京就任临时大总统时，为了“行夏正，所以顺农时，从西历，所以便统计”，定农历正月初一为春节，改公历1月1日称为岁首“新年”，但仍称“元旦”。在民国以后虽然定1月1日为新年，当时只有机关、学校以及外国经营的洋行大商号等才放假1天，老百姓并不承认，仍延承古时旧习以农历初一为新年，因此老北京的街市上与民间均没有什么欢庆活动。

1949年9月27日，中国人民政治协商会议第一届全体会议决议：“中华人民共和国纪年采用公元纪年法”，即是我们所说的阳历，为了区别农历和阳历两个新年，又鉴于农历二十四节气中的“立春”恰在农历新年的前后，因此便把农历正月初一改称为“春节”，阳历一月一日定为“元旦”。中央人民政府颁布统一使用“全国年节和纪念日放假办法”，将公历1月1日规定为元旦节，并决定全国在此节放假一天。

篇10：有关元旦起源由来介绍

从汉武帝起，规定孟喜月(元月)为正月，把孟喜月的第一天(夏历的正月初一)称为元旦，一直沿用到清朝末年。

公元1911年，孙中山领导的辛亥革命推翻了满清的统治，建立了中华民国。各省都督代表在南京开会决定使用公历，把农历的1月1日叫做“春节”，把公历的1月1日称为“元旦”，不过当时并没有正式公布。

为了“行夏正，所以顺农时，从西历，所以便统计”，民国元年决定使用公历(实际使用是1912年)，并规定阳历1月1日为“新年”，但并不称为“元旦”。

元旦祭祖

新年也称为“元旦”，是一年岁月的开始。元旦的第一件事就是祭祀祖先。从元旦子夜直到大地天光，各地祭祀祖先的时间并不一样，但总是不断地有人家行礼、拜天地、迎神、烧纸钱祭祀祖宗先人。

祭祀祖先时，把祖宗们的牌位依次摆列正厅，牲醴酒浆、纸马香帛，都整洁齐备。然后长幼依序上香跪拜，事后分别侍立供案两侧。有些思亲至切的子弟，矮凳侧坐，陪守通宵达旦而不辍。也有的人家在祭祖时，用木刻版画“俎豆馨香”来代替祖宗牌位的。

当然，各地祭祀祖先的礼俗存在着相当大的差异。清雍正年间刊印的浙江省《常山县志》卷四说：“元旦拜祖先遗像或牌位，谓之“拜真”。清嘉庆年间刊印的河北省《枣强县志》卷十六说：“正月初二上坟，俗名‘送爷娘’。”

清同治年间刊印的江西省《宜黄县志》。卷八说：“元旦，子孙必至祠拜祖，孩提均至，按丁给煎饼”。民国初年刊印的山东省《泰安县志》卷六说：“初一、二拜家堂，称祖宗为‘家亲’。”多半的人家是在家祭拜祖先牌位或其象征物，从初一到初三，都有这番礼拜。

篇11：关于元旦的由来介绍

元旦的由来（之一）

大约在公元前五万年左右，古埃及人已由游牧改为农耕，定居在尼罗河两岸，他们的农业收成与尼罗河是否发生洪水有很大关系。古埃及人从长期的观察中发现，尼罗河泛滥的时间是有规律的，他们就把这个时间每次都记录在竹竿上，从中得知两次泛滥时间之间大约相隔365天；同时还发现，当尼罗河初涨的潮头来到今天开罗城附近的时候，也正好是太阳与天狼星同时从地平线上升起的时候。于是，古埃及人便把这一天定为一年的开始。这是“元旦”最早的由来。

元旦在我国汉语中是一个合成词，“元”是开始或第一的意思。“旦”是一个象形字，表示太阳从地平线上升起。我国殷商时代的青铜器上就有“旦”的象形字了。

元旦的来历（之二）

“元”有始之意，“旦”指天明的时间，也通指白天。元旦，便是一年开始的第一天。“元旦”一词，最早出自南朝梁人萧子云《介雅》诗：“四气新元旦，万寿初今朝。”宋代吴自牧《梦梁录》卷一“正月”条目：“正月朔日，谓之元旦，俗呼为新年。一岁节序，此为之首。”元旦，《书?舜典》中叫“元日”，汉代崔瑗《三子钗铭》中叫“元正”；晋代庾阐《扬都赋》中称作“元辰”；北齐时的一篇《元会大享歌皇夏辞》中呼为“元春”；唐德宗李适《元日退朝观军仗归营》诗中谓之“元朔”。自来元旦指的是夏历（农历、阴历）正月初一。在汉语各地方言中有不同叫法，有叫“大年初一”的，有叫“大天初一”的，有叫“年初一”的，一般又叫“正月初一”。

我国历代元旦的月日并不一致。夏代在正月初一，商代在十二月初一，周代在十一月初一，秦始皇统一六国后，又以十月初一日为元旦，自此历代相沿未改（《史记》）。汉武帝太初元年时，司马迁创立了“太初历”，这才又以正月初一为元旦，和夏代规定一样，所以又称“夏历”，一直沿用到辛亥革命。中华民国建立，孙中山为了“行夏正，所以顺农时；从西历，所以便统计”，定正月初一（元旦）为春节，而以西历（公历）1月1日为新年。

1949年9月27日，中国人民政治协商会议第一届全体会议通过使用“公元纪年法”，将农历正月初一称“春节”，将公历1月1日定为“元旦”。

元旦的来历（之三）

在当代，元旦指公元纪年的岁首第一天。自西历传入我国以后，元旦一词便专用于新年，传统的旧历年则称春节。

而在此之前，元旦一直是指农历岁首第一天的。元是“初”“始”的意思，旦指“日子”，元旦合称即是“初始的日子”，也就是一年的第一天。

1949年9月27日，中国人民政治协商会议第一界全体会议决议：“中华人民共和国纪年采用公元纪年法”，即是我们所说的阳历，为了区别农历和阳历两个新年，又鉴于农历二十四节气中的“立春”恰在农历新年的前后，因此便把农历正月初一改称为“春节”，阳历一月一日定为“元旦”，至此，元旦才成为全国人民的欢乐节日。

庆贺新年的开始，欢度元旦可说是世界各国各地区的普遍习俗。在我国，还列入了国定假日。我国和世界上大多数国家、地区采用公历纪年法，把1月1日定为新年的开始，称作“元旦”。

由于世界各国所处的经度位置不同，各国的时间也不同，因此，“元旦”的日期也有不同。如大洋洲的岛国汤加位于日界线的西侧，它是世界上最先开始的一天的地方，也是最先庆祝元旦的国家。而位于日界线东侧的西萨摩亚则是世界上最迟开始新的一天的地方。按公历计，我国是世界上第12个开始新年的国家。

1.元旦的由来介绍

2.关于元旦的由来解读

3.关于元旦的由来

4.有关元旦的由来介绍

5.元旦的由来中英文介绍

6.关于中国元旦的由来

7.关于元旦的由来与习俗

8.关于元旦的由来作文

9.关于元旦的由来解析汇总

10.元旦的由来简介

篇12：介绍元旦的由来

中国古代元旦的由来

中国的元旦，据传说起于三皇五帝之一的颛顼，距今已有3000多年的历史。“元旦”一词最早出现于《晋书》：“颛帝以孟夏正月为元，其实正朔元旦之春”的诗中。南北朝时，南朝文史学家萧子云的《介雅》诗中也有“四季新元旦，万寿初春朝”的记载。宋代吴自牧《梦粱录》卷一“正月”条目：“正月朔日，谓之元旦，俗呼为新年。一岁节序，此为之首。”;汉代崔瑗《三子钗铭》中叫“元正”;晋代庾阐《扬都赋》中称作“元辰”;北齐时的一篇《元会大享歌皇夏辞》中呼为“元春”;唐德宗李适《元日退朝观军仗归营》诗中谓之“元朔”。

我国在发掘大汶口文化遗物中，发现一幅太阳从山颠升起，中间云烟缭绕的图画。经考证，这是我国最古老的“旦”字写法。后来，在殷商的青铜器铸铭上，又出现了被简化的“旦”的象形字。“旦”字是以圆圆的太阳来表示的。“日”下面的“一”字表示地平线，意为太阳从地平线上冉冉升起。

中国元旦历来指的是夏历(农历、阴历)正月初一。元是“初”、“始”的意思，旦指“日子”，元旦合称即是“初始的日子”，也就是一年的第一天。在汉语各地方言中有不同叫法，有叫“大年初一”的，有叫“大天初一”的，有叫“年初一”的，一般又叫“正月初一”。

正月初一从哪日算起，在汉武帝以前也是很不统一的。因此，历代的元旦月、日也并不一致。夏朝的夏历以孟喜月(元月)为正月，商朝的殷历以腊月(十二月)为正月，周朝的周历以冬月(十一月)为正月。秦始皇统一中国后，又以阳春月(十月)为正月，即十月初一为元旦。从汉武帝起，才规定孟喜月(元月)为正月，把孟喜月的第一天(夏历的正月初一)称为元旦，一直沿用到清朝末年。但这是夏历，亦即农历或阴历，还不是我们今天所说的元旦。

公元19，孙中山领导的辛亥革命，推翻了满清的统治，建立了中华民国。各省都督代表在南京开会，决定使用公历，把农历的正月初一叫做“春节”，把公历的1月1日叫做“元旦”。不过当时并未正式公布和命名。为了“行夏正，所以顺农时，从西历，所以便统计”，民国元年决定使用公历(实际使用是19)，并规定阳历(公历)1月1日为“新年”，但并不叫“元旦”。

现在的元旦

今天所说的“元旦”，是新中国成立前夕的公元1949年9月27日，第一届中国人民政治协商会议，在决定建立中华人民共和国的同时，也决定采用世界通用的公元纪年法，即是我们所说的阳历。

在当代，元旦指公元纪年的岁首第一天。为了区别农历和阳历两个新年，又鉴于农历二十四节气中的“立春”恰在农历新年的前后，因此便把农历正月初一改称为“春节”，阳历1月1日定为新年的开始“元旦”，并列入了法定假日成为全国人民的欢乐节日。

最早的元旦由来

大约在公元前五万年左右，古埃及人已由游牧改为农耕，定居在尼罗河两岸，他们的农业收成与尼罗河是否发生洪水有很大关系。古埃及人从长期的观察中发现，尼罗河泛滥的时间是有规律的，他们就把这个时间每次都记录在竹竿上，从中得知两次泛滥时间之间大约相隔365天;同时还发现，当尼罗河初涨的潮头来到今天开罗城附近的时候，也正好是太阳与天狼星同时从地平线上升起的时候。

于是，古埃及人便把这一天定为一年的开始。这是“元旦”最早的由来。

西方元旦由来

西元前46年，古罗马凯撒把这一天定为西历新年的开始，为了祝福Janus，这位罗马神话中的门神，Janus后来也演化为英文一月January这个词。原本以为教皇把耶稣诞生年作为西元元年，西元一月一日也和耶稣有关联，现在看来并非如此。可能依照西方普遍信仰基督教，还应该是12月25日耶诞日为过年，所以西方的新年没有耶诞隆重。

埃及元旦的由来

元旦是庆贺新年的开始，欢度元旦可说是世界各国各地区的普遍习俗。

世界上其他国家的元旦日期

现在，世界上大多数国家把每年1月1日作为元旦，由于世界各国所处的经度位置不同，各国的时间也不同，因此，“元旦”的日期也有不同。如大洋洲的岛国汤加位于日界线的西侧，它是世界上最先开始的一天的地方，也是最先庆祝元旦的国家。而位于日界线东侧的西萨摩亚则是世界上最迟开始新的一天的地方。

阿富汗把春分作为元旦;犹太人把秋分作为元旦;而寒带的爱斯基摩人的元旦是不固定的，他们把第一次下雨作为元旦。公元前46年，罗马皇帝儒略・凯撒制定儒略历，开始时他把冬至作为元旦。但是，人们坚持要把朔日作为元旦，因此就把元旦延到冬至后10天。

按公历计，我国是世界上第12个开始新年的国家。各个国家由于其历史、文化、宗教信仰、民族习惯不同，也都有自己不同的庆祝。不过，这也使得这个世界多姿多彩，更显地域、民族特色了。

1.元旦的由来介绍

2.有关元旦的由来介绍

3.介绍元旦的由来及习俗

4.中国元旦节的由来介绍

5.元旦的由来英文版介绍

6.我国元旦的由来及习俗介绍

7.元旦的由来详细介绍

8.有关元旦的由来及习俗介绍

9.关于元旦的由来介绍3篇

10.关于元旦的由来介绍

篇13：有关元旦的由来介绍

公元19XX年，孙中山领导的辛亥革命，****了清朝的统治，建立了中华民国。为了“行夏正，所以顺农时，从西历，所以便统计”，民国元年决定使用公历(实际使用是1912年)，并规定阳历(公历)1月1日为“新年”，但并不叫“元旦”。

今天所说的“元旦”，是公元1949年9月27日，中国人民政治协商会议第一次全体会议，在决定建立中华人民共和国的同时，也决定采用世界通用的公元纪年法，并将公历1月1日正式定为“元旦”，农历正月初一改为“春节”。

“元”有开始之意，“旦”指天明的意思。元旦(new year‘s day，new year )便是一年开始的第一天，也被称为“新历年”“阳历年”。辛亥革命成功后，孙中山为了“行夏正，所以顺农时，从西历”，定农历正月初一为春节，而以西历的 1月1日为新年。1949年9月27日，中国人民政治协商会议第一届全体会议决定：“中华人民共和国纪年采用公元年法”，确认新年(元旦)为我国的法定节日。元旦也是世界上很多国家或地区的法定假日。

1.元旦的由来介绍

2.元旦的由来中英文介绍

3.元旦的由来简介

4.元旦的由来英语

5.元旦节的由来简介

6.元旦的由来50字

7.关于元旦的由来

8.元旦的由来50字

9.元旦的由来英文版

10.关于元旦的由来解读

篇14：元旦的由来英文

元旦的由来英文 -节日

Customs

4. There is an extraordinary number of taboos on Yuandan. Each place has its own customs of taboo. Here, we will mention only a few common taboos in Fujian Province, Guangdong Province and Southeast Asia:

Yuandan(in more serious families, the period extends from the 1st to the 15th day) marks the new beginning. In the hope that New Year brings good beginning, people should utter neither unkind words nor vulgar language. Making noises, fighting, quarreling and especially weeping are avoided to deter misfortune. There are even taboos of taking medicine and having sneeze, for it is believed that they can lead to sickness throughout the year. Taboos of the past also concerned the use of knife and the breaking of things. If a thing was broken, the word “break” or any other word importing similar meaning was not used. Instead, words like “failing to the floor and blossoming like flowers” which delivered pleasant senses were used to suggest good connections.

5. Ancient rite: In the past, there was a rite called he zheng(proper greeting)during New Year. When a person paid a New Year visit to friends or relatives, he took along a piece of paper or card on which the name of the host was written wit Chinese brush. The receiver of this greeting card would normally paste it on the wall of his main hall to show his respect to and appreciation for the visitor. The quantity of greeting card received reflected the person's public relationship with others, while the names and status of the people who gave the greeting cards indicated the host's boundary of social network and standard of living. Nowadays, because of easy communication, convenient transportation system and wider social network, when people send their greetings they tend to follow the Western style. The greeting is now done by mail and even by email. Today, he zheng is done by simply bringing along red packets and food presents when making a visit.

6. In the past, there was a superstition that when a person left his house in the New Year, he must take the correct first step. A particular person would look for the fortunate direction in accordance with the day, month and year of this birth basing on the explanation of Chinese calendar. On Yuan Dan, when a person stepped out of his house, he must go in the fortunate direction and avoid the unfortunate direction. Even people of less particularity also consulted Chinese calendar to find out where the fortunate directions and fierce deities were before the first step out of their houses.

Meaning

From the above mentioned customs, we can see that there are especially many taboos during Chinese New Year. On Yuan Dan in particular, there are more taboos on speech and behaviour than those on other ordinary days. Similarly, there are more activities in pursuit of good cause than usual. On probing the activities and taboos, we have no difficulty to understand that the theme behind is always related to fortune, wealth and goodness, and that people usually concern themselves with a good beginning for the year.