Introduction: Regarding the definition of "New Year", we now generally have two statements, one is the New Year's Day on January 1 of the Gregorian calendar, and the other is the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month, which is the New Year we will have, but the meaning of the festival is different. But we will find that January 1 is more cosmopolitan, as if it were a globally recognized new year.
New Year's Eve is held on December 31 every year, which has become an event held in many countries and regions, and we have had a variety of New Year's Eve parties in recent years to celebrate the arrival of the new year. As parents, how should we answer our children's questions: Why is the new year of The world on January 1?
Obviously, this is the result of a common worldwide consensus. And here, we can simply understand how the Gregorian calendar, which we now use, its origin and geometry, has spread throughout the world:
The Gregorian calendar is the current international common calendar, its predecessor is the Julian calendar, but due to the time deviation in the timing, the calendar is 10 days earlier than the actual date of the sun, and later the pope has modified and replaced a more scientific calculation method, thus forming the international calendar that has been in use now.
Originally, the use of the Gregorian calendar was only in various countries in Europe, but with the development of the age of navigation and the colonial era, the Gregorian calendar was continuously transmitted to various countries and regions in the world with the expansion of colonial powers. Our country also officially adopted the Common Era Chronology Law in 1949, and the use of the calendar began to synchronize with the use of the world's calendar.
Of course, nowadays, all countries and regions in the world have begun to adopt the Gregorian calendar as a common calendar, which is also the result of the development trend of the times, and with the development of globalization, the ties between various countries in the world have become closer and closer. Then it is natural that in the use of dates, it is naturally impossible to use their respective calendars, otherwise the problem of determining a single date is prone to various confusions and obstacles.
With the unification of the universal calendar in the world, there will be higher efficiency in international trade and exchanges, which is more in line with the needs of global development. Therefore, it seems that the new year of the whole world is now set on January 1, which is actually the result of the popularization of the use of the Gregorian calendar, and under the calculation of the Common Era calendar, the date update used in the whole world is the same.
Although the calendars we use now are mainly based on the solar calendar, in fact, in various countries and regions, as well as different ethnic groups, there will be different new years, and the way of celebrating the new year will be different. For example, our country's traditional New Year is the Spring Festival on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the Tibetans will also have their own Tibetan New Year, the Thai New Year is the "Songkran Festival" on the 4.13 to 16th of each year, and so on.
Therefore, The New Year's Day of the Gregorian calendar is more like a universal calendar, and we will use such a calendar by default in real life, and the first day of each year in the Gregorian calendar becomes the new year in the world. But in more specific countries and nations, everyone will have their own cultural identification of the New Year, and this New Year is the most worthy of our celebration.
It is precisely because of the parallel situation of the Gregorian calendar and our traditional calendar that we will find that today's year will be full of various festivals, but we will also find that many festivals are actually very regional and national. Of course, there are also many festivals that have begun to go international, such as Women's Day, Labor Day, Mother's Day, Children's Day, etc. are all worldwide festivals.
In our daily life, we will also encounter a lot of foreign traditional festivals, even if these are not our country's holidays, we will also begin to celebrate, such as The Western Valentine's Day, Christmas, Halloween, etc., these are now many young people are keen to celebrate the holidays.
Important note: January 1 is one of the recognized new years in the world because the Gregorian calendar we are using now is a universal international calendar, which is also a result of the globalization of the use of calendars, so that it can better adapt to the efficiency needs of daily international affairs and communication. But in fact, each country, region and nation will have various traditional calendars under the common Gregorian calendar, and the new year will also be different.
Today's topic: For you, is your personal birthday dated in the Gregorian calendar or the date of the lunar calendar? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.