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元旦英语New Year's Day。
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第一天。
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Now it is more common to organize activities by groups, such as New Year's Eve parties, hanging banners celebrating New Year's Day, or holding collective activities. In the past, there were organizations beating gongs and drums and dancing national dance collectively. Now it can be seen on TV documentaries. Today, with the development of science and technology, it has evolved into a party or something.
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，以前就有组织敲锣打鼓、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。
In recent years, there are more programs such as tours, gatherings and so on. Anyway, there is not much tradition on New Year's Day. On this day, the inaugurators play their part. Even New Year's Day means only one day's holiday for the younger generation.
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，在这一天假期了就任人发挥了。甚至，元旦这天对年轻一代来说只意味着一天的假期。
Today's "New Year's Day" is the first plenary meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on September 27, 1949. While deciding to establish the People's Republic of China, it has also decided to adopt the world-wide common Year Law of the Year of the Year, and formally designated the first day of the Gregorian calendar as "New Year's Day" and the first day of the first lunar month as "Spring Festival".
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”。
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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 元旦，是农历的第一天。这一天，地球上空盘旋了一个围绕着太阳，并开始另一个上空盘旋。它代表了一个新的开始，当人们送走旧时代和新的欢迎。作为新年第一天，元旦已被认为是自古以来最重要的节日。海关Kaisui（从年初）：根据中国传统习俗，从海狮（9p.m.到11p.m.对腊月昨天晚上）起，每个家庭必须准备提供的s到神祭坛。同时，他们也准备在新年当天的食物：全家会一起保持清醒参加到今年（称为寿穗）。之后，海狮，紫石（11p.m.到1a.m.）会来，而且这是新年（元旦）的到来。此时，人们开始用烟花庆祝。素食和甜食，然后放在是为祭坛，和香被烧毁欢迎神。在古代，人们相信海狮连接两年，因此被称为kaisui。在同一天晚上，一些家庭将按照指令，在统书和地点准备在“财富方向坛神”在“财富时间”得到神。如果“幸运神方向”的“病”的立场是，人会选择接受“快乐神”或“noble神”代替。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.
