同学们，我们的元旦假期刚过！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。今天我们简单的介绍一下元旦的含义及元旦节的由来。快来看一下吧！
In ancient China, Yuan Dan was not on January 1 st, as regulated in the Gregorian calendar. The date of Yuan Dan had been changed many times from the 1 st of the 12 th lunar month in Yin Dynasty to the 1 st of the 1 st lunar month in Han Dynasty.
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。
When Sun Yat-sen took office as the temporary President in Nanjing at the beginning of January of 1911, he set the 1 st of the 1 st lunar month as the Spring Festival while the 1 st of January was set as the New Year, which was also called Yuan Dan.
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”。
After liberation, the Central Government of China issued a National Festival and Memorial Day Holiday that set January 1 st as Yuan Dan, which was a one-day holiday for the whole country.
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。
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 1 st of the 1 st lunar month was called the Spring Festival.
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”。
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.
“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。
When Yuan and Dan are combined, it means the first day of a New Year.
当“元”和“旦”相结合，意思就成了一年开始得第一天。
Yuan Dan is also called Three Yuan, the beginning of a year, the beginning of a month and the beginning of an hour.
元旦又称“三元”，即岁之元、月之元、时之元。
The word Yuan Dan was first used during the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns era.
元旦最早可以追溯到“ 三皇五帝时期”（ “三皇”指天皇、地皇、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 1 st 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。
同学们，这就是元旦的由来，你都了解了吗？
