January 1st is different from New Year's Day. What is New Year's Day? What do you mean by January 1st? Why do we call it January 1 now?

January 1st means auspicious day. There are many aliases for January Day, such as Yuanshuo, Jacky, Zheng Dan, Duanri, New Year, Yuan Chun and so on. Yuan means "start", and the beginning of each number is called "yuan"; "Yuanri" means "the first day". Now it generally refers to the first day of the first lunar month. "

New Year's Day, namely 1 on the Gregorian calendar, is commonly known as "Chinese New Year" in most countries in the world. Yuan means "start", and the beginning of each number is called "yuan"; Dan means "day"; New Year's Day means "the first day". "New Year's Day" usually refers to the first day of the first month in the calendar. In China, the word "Chinese New Year" has existed since ancient times, and it was first seen in the Book of Jin in literary works. The "New Year's Day" in the history of China refers to the "first day of the first month". The calculation method of the "first month" before the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty was very inconsistent, and the dates of New Year's Day (the first day of the first month) in previous dynasties were also inconsistent.

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