高考英语作文素材：元旦的来历

高考英语作文素材：元旦的来历

　　时间就像一条记忆的长河,匆匆地、悄悄地流过，眨眼间，又迎来了新的一年.“四气新元旦，万寿初今朝”，今天是新一年的开始元旦。

　　Ancient Chinese New Years day, is not a general "Gregorian calendar" —— the Gregorian calendar on January 1. From Yin dynasty set as the beginning, at the beginning of the lunar December in first lunar month as the beginning, to the han dynasty have been repeated many times of change. To the republic of China, sun yat—sen in nanjing in early January 1912 as the temporary President for "farming", "statistics", set the first lunar month as the Spring Festival, change to the Gregorian calendar on January 1, known as the "New Year", at but it is still called "New Years day". Until the liberation of the central peoples government promulgated uniform "whole nation year section and the memorial day holiday", the Gregorian calendar January 1 as New Years day, and decided the national in this stanza day off. At the same time as the difference between two New Year the lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar, and in view of the lunar 24 solar terms of "spring", just before and after the lunar New Year, so the change of the first lunar month is called "Spring Festival".

　　"New Years day", "yuan" refers to the beginning, is the first point, the beginning of every number is called "yuan"; "Dan", pictographs, the above ", "on behalf of the sun, the" a "represents the horizon below. "Denier" as the sun rises from the horizon, symbolizes the beginning of a day. People put the "yuan" and "denier" two words together, is extended to the first day of the New Year began. New Years day is also called the "three yuan", namely, the yuan, the yuan, at the time of yuan. On New Years earliest begins with three sovereigns, tang fang xuanling and others write the Book of Jin upload： "xu emperor for Meng Chun in yuan, at that time is： New Years day in the spring." That call on the yuan, the first for the denier. Southern liang people LanZiYun dielectric jas poem or cloud： "the new New Years day, four gas Wan Shouchu today."

　　古代中国的元旦日，并非如今通用的“格列历”——公历的1月1日。从殷代定农历十二月初一为岁首，到汉代定在农历正月初一为岁首,曾有多次反反复复的改变.到民国时孙中山于1912年1月初在南京就任临时大总统时为“顺农时”、“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”。直到解放后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。同时为区别农历和公历两个新年，又鉴于农历二十四个节气中的“立春”,恰在农历新年前后，因此改农历正月初一称为“春节”。

　　“元旦”的“元”，指开始，是第一的意思,凡数之始称为“元”;“旦”，象形字，上面的“日”代表太阳,下面的'“一”代表地平线。“旦”即太阳从地平线上冉冉升起，象征一日的开始.人们把“元”和“旦”两个字结合起来，就引申为新年开始的第一天。元旦又称“三元”,即岁之元、月之元、时之元。元旦一词最早始于三皇五帝,唐房玄龄等人写的《晋书》上载：“颛帝以孟春正月为元,其时正朔元旦之春。”即把正月称为元,初一为旦。南朝梁人兰子云的《介雅》诗也云：“四气新元旦，万寿初今朝。”