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"Happy New Year!" That greeting will be said and heard for at least the first couple of weeks as a new year gets under way. But the day celebrated as New Year's Day in modern America was not always January 1.
ANCIENT NEW YEARS
The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago. In the years around 2000 BC, the Babylonian New Year began with the first New Moon (actually the first visible cresent) after the Vernal Equinox (first day of spring).

The beginning of spring is a logical time to start a new year. After all, it is the season of rebirth, of planting new crops, and of blossoming. January 1, on the other hand, has no astronomical nor agricultural significance. It is purely arbitrary.

The Babylonian new year celebration lasted for eleven days. Each day had its own particular mode of celebration, but it is safe to say that modern New Year's Eve festivities pale in comparison.

The Romans continued to observe the new year in late March, but their calendar was continually tampered with by various emperors so that the calendar soon became out of synchronization with the sun.

In order to set the calendar right, the Roman senate, in 153 BC, declared January 1 to be the beginning of the new year. But tampering continued until Julius Caesar, in 46 BC, established what has come to be known as the Julian Calendar. It again established January 1 as the new year. But in order to synchronize the calendar with the sun, Caesar had to let the previous year drag on for 445 days.

THE CHURCH'S VIEW OF NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS
Although in the first centuries AD the Romans continued celebrating the new year, the early Catholic Church condemned the festivities as paganism. But as Christianity became more widespread, the early church began having its own religious observances concurrently with many of the pagan celebrations, and New Year's Day was no different. New Years is still observed as the Feast of Christ's Circumcision by some denominations.

During the Middle Ages, the Church remained opposed to celebrating New Years. January 1 has been celebrated as a holiday by Western nations for only about the past 400 years.

NEW YEAR TRADITIONS
Other traditions of the season include the making of New Year's resolutions. That tradition also dates back to the early Babylonians. Popular modern resolutions might include the promise to lose weight or quit smoking. The early Babylonian's most popular resolution was to return borrowed farm equipment.

The Tournament of Roses Parade dates back to 1886. In that year, members of the Valley Hunt Club decorated their carriages with flowers. It celebrated the ripening of the orange crop in California.

Although the Rose Bowl football game was first played as a part of the Tournament of Roses in 1902, it was replaced by Roman chariot races the following year. In 1916, the football game returned as the sports centerpiece of the festival.

The tradition of using a baby to signify the new year was begun in Greece around 600 BC. It was their tradition at that time to celebrate their god of wine, Dionysus, by parading a baby in a basket, representing the annual rebirth of that god as the spirit of fertility. Early Egyptians also used a baby as a symbol of rebirth.

Although the early Christians denounced the practice as pagan, the popularity of the baby as a symbol of rebirth forced the Church to reevaluate its position. The Church finally allowed its members to celebrate the new year with a baby, which was to symbolize the birth of the baby Jesus.

The use of an image of a baby with a New Years banner as a symbolic representation of the new year was brought to early America by the Germans. They had used the effigy since the fourteenth century.

FOR LUCK IN THE NEW YEAR
Traditionally, it was thought that one could affect the luck they would have throughout the coming year by what they did or ate on the first day of the year. For that reason, it has become common for folks to celebrate the first few minutes of a brand new year in the company of family and friends. Parties often last into the middle of the night after the ringing in of a new year. It was once believed that the first visitor on New Year's Day would bring either good luck or bad luck the rest of the year. It was particularly lucky if that visitor happened to be a tall dark-haired man.

Traditional New Year foods are also thought to bring luck. Many cultures believe that anything in the shape of a ring is good luck, because it symbolizes "coming full circle," completing a year's cycle. For that reason, the Dutch believe that eating donuts on New Year's Day will bring good fortune.

Many parts of the U.S. celebrate the new year by consuming black-eyed peas. These legumes are typically accompanied by either hog jowls or ham. Black-eyed peas and other legumes have been considered good luck in many cultures. The hog, and thus its meat, is considered lucky because it symbolizes prosperity. Cabbage is another "good luck" vegetable that is consumed on New Year's Day by many. Cabbage leaves are also considered a sign of prosperity, being representative of paper currency. In some regions, rice is a lucky food that is eaten on New Year's Day.

AULD LANG SYNE
The song, "Auld Lang Syne," playing in the background, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year. At least partially written by Robert Burns in the 1700's, it was first published in 1796 after Burns' death. Early variations of the song were sung prior to 1700 and inspired Burns to produce the modern rendition. An old Scotch tune, "Auld Lang Syne" literally means "old long ago," or simply, "the good old days." The lyrics can be found here.

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新年风俗:

The whole range of celebration of the New Year's Day basically stems from the various ways ancient societies used to greet the new harvest seasons. In fact, it is the number of harvests, whether of fruit or grain, that determined how many New Years were observed. The origins of the customs that we think of as peculiarly associated with the celebration of the New Year, took roots in the ways the ancient peoples regarded the New Year. Likewise the other ancient societies in other parts of the world, the New Year festivities had been observed in our wild forests and plains by the native Indians. To the Creek Indians the ripening of the corn in July or August signified the termination of one year and the beginning of another. It was their customs to drape themselves with new clothes, replace the old interiors and households.
The Iroquois, another native Indian tribe who inaugurated the new year in January, February or March with ceremonies emphasizing the expulsion of evil spirits. The customs of sporting disguise and masks, making noises and confessions were all practiced by them.

Symbolically, New Year signifies a renewal of life. Hence, the spirit of celebration for the regeneration, while discarding the old and worn out. The customs and practices, though modified through the centuries, have still their distinctive strains in the ways we welcome each onrushing year.
It was the Dutch, in their New Amsterdam settlement at mid-17th century, who originated the modern American New Year celebration. The New Year's Day was the most important holiday for the Dutch who were noted in all the colonies for their love of beer and wine.

Given here are some instances of New Year's Day revelry with their historical trails:

The Mid-night cacophony:

The idea of making deafening noise is to drive away the evil spirits who flocked to the living at this climactic season with a great wailing of horns and shouts and beating of drums. This is why at the stroke of midnight we hear the deafening cacophony of sirens, car horns, boat whistles, party horns, church bells, drums, pots and pans - anything that serves the purpose of producing a devil chasing din.


The spectacular Parades:

The popular Tournament of Roses Parade held on this day in Pasadena, CA, was started in 1886 by the Valley Hunt Club, whose members decorated their carriages with flowers, creating what was meant to be " an artistic celebration of the ripening of the oranges in California". In the afternoon athletic events were held. The city of Pasadena later relieved the club of sponsorship of the parade, and the city was in turn succeeded by the Tournament of Roses Association, which till date directs the activities.
Gradually the flower-decked carriages gave way to floats that by parade rules can be covered only with fresh flowers.
Yet another annual attraction, the Rose Bowl football game, became part of the festivities in 1902.
The traditional and spectacular Mummers' Parade of Philadelphia owes its origin to the Christmas celebrations of the Swedes and the Englishmen who settled along the Delaware River.
The masked revelers among the Swedes saw to it that the festivities of the Christmas season lasted until the New Year. The English brought with them their ancient practice of mumming. This, in America, took the form of groups of men presenting costumed plays, going from house to house reciting their parts in expectation of money or some of the Christmas fare. It was since then the parade has been divided into three main sections: the fancy-dress division, the clown division, and the string bands.


The booze bash:

Yet another familiar practice, though not quite encouraging. The unbridled drinking bash on the New Year's Eve, is also a secular leftover of a rite that was once religious in character. The original spirit has been a personal re-enacting of the chaotic world that existed before the ordered cosmos was created by God.


Resolution:

In order to have a 'clean slate' on which to start the New Year, people in times past have made certain that they had all their borrowings cleared. Those were the days before such complexities as credit buying. The New Year resolutions, which we are so fond of, represent other efforts to make the year brand new. In fact, we often say that in the New Year we are "turning over a new leaf."


Luck in the New Year:

It is traditionally thought that the first day of the year is symptomatic of the approaching 364
days. Accordingly, people try to spend the first day of the new year in the best possible way in the company of
family and friends. It was once believed to be a good omen if a tall dark-haired man visits your house on New
Year's Day. Traditional New Year foods are also thought to bring good luck. In many cultures, it is a predominant belief that anything in the shape of a ring brings luck, because it symbolizes "coming full circle," completing a year's cycle. It is primarily for this reason that the Dutch believe that eating donuts on New Year's Day brings good fortune. Black-eyed peas and other legumes have been considered good luck in many cultures. The hog, and thus its meat, is considered lucky because it symbolizes prosperity. Consuming cabbage is also considered a potential harbinger of good luck. In some regions, rice is a lucky food that is eaten on New Year's Day.



Early American observances:

When they eventually lost control of New Amsterdam to the English for the last time in 1674, they had no trouble persuading the English to abandon their March 25 New Year and observe it on January 1.
The principal customs of the day were visiting friends and exchanging gifts, to which the English added the turkey shoot. But in March 1773, the New York State legislature outlawed the firing of guns and explosions.


The gatherings:

The practice of visiting friends continued until the first years of this century. It was a gala time when everyone held open house and laid out enormous feasts for any one who should drop in, whether friend or stranger. To neglect this annual visit was a terrible sight, and the roads were thronged with carriages bearing the holiday-makers.
Unfortunately in time the custom was abused; the distinction between privacy and sociability was ignored and troops of unwanted guests descended on the open houses, using them as eating and drinking stations. Politicians and those with an eye on the social ladder were said to have spread their blight over the purposes of the day. People began to send invitations to special guests for their own protection, and the old custom fell irretrievably into decline.
Thus the whole range of ideas of purgation, purifications, the confessing of sins, driving off demons, expulsion of evil out of the village and so on transpired. The idea remained the same the abolition of the past.
So is the case of masked processions - the masks representing the souls of the dead.
The ceremonial reception of the dead, who are invited to feast and led back at the end of the feast to the borders of the territory, to the sea, or the river, or wherever else, is also in line with this concept. Add to these the interlude of Carnival, Saturnalia, reversal of normal order. Though all these constitute the much familiar New Year revelry, these are just part of the rites practiced by primitive man during the celebration of their own New Years.

新年历史:

In the fairly long history of humanity the celebration of New Year is found to have a pre-historic root.
Since the era of the most ancient civilization a number of dates have been marked as the beginning of a new year by different people from different parts of the world. The diversity is due to the difference in their ethnic and cultural background.

Today the New Year is celebrated all over the world on January 1. But this was not the case a few hundred years back. The wide spread acceptance of January 1 as the New Year is confined only within the past four hundred years.

The changeover:
It was the Romans who first used January 1 as the beginning of the year in 153 B.C. Prior to that March 25, the date of the vernal equinox, was celebrated as their New Year's Day. And this was considered to be the beginning of New Year by most Christian European countries during the early medieval era.

The delayed acceptance of the changed date might be due to some of its inherent difficulties. The date was unusual. For, unlike the customs prevalent till then, no agricultural or seasonal significance was attached to it. Instead, it was just a civil date, the day after the elections when the consuls would assume their new positions in the Roman empire. But the bigger problem the changed date posed, was difficulties in the calculation of the year. As the Romans moved their New Year's Day backward almost three months to January 1, we have irregularities in our calendar. The months of September, October, November and December, originally mean, the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth month respectively. Later, many of the Roman emperors had given new names to these months. September received names as "Germanucus", "Antonius" and "Tacitus" under each of these emperors' regime. Thus November also earned the varying names of "Domitianus", "Faustinus" and "Romanus".

The inconveniences led Julius Caesar to institute a new calendar. It was devised by the Greek astronomer
Sosigenes of Alexandria from the unrivaled Egyptian
solar calendar. Caesar wanted to change the date of the New Year from January 1 to a more logical date - to one of the solstices or equinoxes. However, it happened that January 1 of 45 B.C. was the date of a new moon.
It would have been bad luck, or so regarded by the population, to change it.
For his calendar reform, the Senate rewarded him by having the month of his birth, Quintilis, renamed "July" in his honor. Caesar's grandnephew, the Emperor Augustus, had a similar honor bestowed on him when he corrected a mistake which had crept into the calculation of the leap year. Till then it had been observed every three years, instead of every four. He abolished all leap years between 8 B.C. and A.D. 8. Thus he set the calendar straight and earned for himself the renaming of Sextilis as "August".

This calendar did not witness significant reforms till 1582, when Pope Gregory XII incorporated our present method of calculation and dividing the year. It was the Pope who reinstituted the practice of observing New Year's Day on January 1, regardless of the pre-Christian associations with that date. The Gregorian reforms also canceled ten days from October; Thursday, October 4, 1582, was followed by Friday, October 15, 1582. the old discrepancy was provided for by making only those century dates leap years that were that were divisible by 400. Thus although the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not leap years, the 2000 is.


The global adoption:
Catholic countries adopted it soon. Yet it took some time for the Protestants to follow suit. Finally Germany did adopt it in 1700, Great Britain in 1752, and Sweden in 1753. It was then necessary to drop 11 days from the calendar because 1700 had been a leap year.

The Oriental countries through the influence of religious groups such as the Hindus, Taoists, Buddhists and Moslems, considered the new Calendar as the Christian Calendar, but also adopted it as their official one. Japan welcomed it in 1873 and China in 1912.

The Eastern Orthodox adopted it even later, in 19924 and 1927, Russia took it twice - first in 1918 and after trying out its own calendars, again 1n 1924.

不同国家语言的新年祝福:
Afgani Saale Nao Mubbarak
Afrikaans Gelukkige nuwe jaar
Albanian Gezuar Vitin e Ri
Armenian Snorhavor Nor Tari
Arabic Antum salimoun
Assyrian Sheta Brikhta
Azeri Yeni Iliniz Mubarek!
Bengali Shuvo Nabo Barsho
Bulgarian ×åñòèòà Íîâà Ãîäèíà(pronounced "Chestita Nova Godina")
Cambodian Soursdey Chhnam Tmei
Catalan FELIÇ ANY NOU
Chinese Xin Nian Kuai Le
Corsican Language Pace e Salute
Croatian Sretna Nova godina!
Cymraeg (Welsh) Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
Czechoslovakia Scastny Novy Rok
Denish Godt Nytår
Dhivehi Ufaaveri Aa Aharakah Edhen
Dutch GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR!
Eskimo Kiortame pivdluaritlo
Esperanto Felican Novan Jaron
Estonians Head uut aastat!
Finnish Onnellista Uutta Vuotta
French Bonne Annee
Gaelic Bliadhna mhath ur
Galician [NorthWestern Spain] Bo Nadal e Feliz Aninovo
German Prosit Neujahr
Greek Kenourios Chronos
Gujarati Nutan Varshbhinandan
Hawaiian Hauoli Makahiki Hou
Hebrew L'Shannah Tovah
Hindi Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen
Hong kong (Cantonese) Sun Leen Fai Lok
Hungarian Boldog Ooy Ayvet
Indonesian Selamat Tahun Baru
Iranian Saleh now mobarak
Iraqi Sanah Jadidah
Irish Bliain nua fe mhaise dhuit
Italian: Felice anno nuovo
Japan: Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu
Kabyle: Asegwas Amegaz
Kannada: Hosa Varushadha Shubhashayagalu
Kisii: SOMWAKA OMOYIA OMUYA
Khmer: Sua Sdei tfnam tmei
Korea: Saehae Bock Mani ba deu sei yo!
Kurdish: NEWROZ PIROZBE
Lithuanian: Laimingu Naujuju Metu
Laotian: Sabai dee pee mai
Macedonian Srekjna Nova Godina
Malay Selamat Tahun Baru
Marathi : Nveen Varshachy Shubhechcha
Malayalam : Puthuvatsara Aashamsakal
Maltese Is-Sena t- Tajba
Nepal Nawa Barsha ko Shuvakamana
Norwegian Godt Nyttår
Papua New Guinea Nupela yia i go long yu
Pampango (Philippines) Masaganang Bayung Banua
persian Saleh now ra tabrik migouyam
Philippines Manigong Bagong Taon
Polish: Szczesliwego Nowego Roku
Portuguese Feliz Ano Novo
Punjabi Nave sal di mubarak
Romanian AN NOU FERICIT
Russian S Novim Godom
Samoa Manuia le Tausaga Fou
Serbo-Croatian Sretna nova godina
Sindhi Nayou Saal Mubbarak Hoje
Singhalese Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
siraiki Nawan Saal Shala Mubarak Theevay
Slovak A stastlivy Novy Rok
slovenian sreèno novo leto
Somali Iyo Sanad Cusub Oo Fiican!
Spanish Feliz Ano ~Nuevo
Swahili Heri Za Mwaka Mpyaº
Swedish GOTT NYTT ÅR! /Gott nytt år!
Sudanese Warsa Enggal
Tamil Eniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal
Telegu Noothana samvatsara shubhakankshalu
Thai Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku
Urdu Naya Saal Mubbarak Ho
Uzbek Yangi Yil Bilan
Vietnamese Chuc Mung Tan Nien
Welsh : Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!

Afgani Saale Nao Mubbarak
南非荷兰语 Gelukkige nuwe jaar
阿尔 巴尼亚语 Gezuar Vitin e Ri
亚美尼亚 Snorhavor Tari
阿拉 伯 Antum salimoun
亚述 人 Sheta Brikhta
Azeri Yeni Iliniz Mubarek!
孟加 拉 Shuvo Nabo Barsho
保加 利亚 .3A??........ ..?a..???......(pronounced " Chestita 新星Godina")
柬埔寨人 Soursdey Chhnam Tmei
Catalan FELI? 任何 NOU
汉语 辛 Nian Kuai Le
科西嘉岛语言 步幅 e 致敬
Croatian Sretna 新星godina!
Cymraeg (威尔 士) Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
捷克 斯洛伐克 Scastny Novy Rok
Denish Godt Nyt?r
Dhivehi Ufaaveri Aa Aharakah Edhen
荷兰 语 GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR!
爱斯基摩-阿留申语 Kiortame pivdluaritlo
世界语 Felican Novan Jaron
Estonians 顶头 uut aastat!
芬兰语 Onnellista Uutta Vuotta
法语 Bonne Annee
盖尔 Bliadhna mhath ur
加利 西亚人[ 西北西班牙] Bo Nadal e Feliz Aninovo
德语 Prosit Neujahr
希腊 语 Kenourios Chronos
Gujarati Nutan Varshbhinandan
夏威夷 Hauoli Makahiki Hou
西伯 来 L'Shannah Tovah
Hindi Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen
香港 (广州) 太阳 Leen Fai Lok
匈牙利语 Boldog Ooy Ayvet
印度尼西亚语 Selamat Tahun Baru
伊朗 语 Saleh 现在mobarak
伊拉 克语 Sanah Jadidah
爱尔兰 Bliain nua fe mhaise dhuit
意大 利语: Felice anno nuovo
日本 : Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu
Kabyle: Asegwas Amegaz
Kannada: Hosa Varushadha Shubhashayagalu
Kisii: SOMWAKA OMOYIA OMUYA
Khmer: Sua Sdei tfnam tmei
韩国 : Saehae Bock Mani ba deu sei yo!
库尔德人: NEWROZ PIROZBE
立陶宛 : Laimingu Naujuju Metu
老挝 人: Sabai dee mai
马其 顿语 Srekjna Godina
Malay Selamat Tahun Baru
Marathi: Nveen Varshachy Shubhechcha
Malayalam: Puthuvatsara Aashamsakal
马尔 他 是Sena t Tajba
尼泊 尔 Nawa Barsha ko Shuvakamana
挪威 语 Godt Nytt?r
巴布亚新几内亚 Nupela yia 我去长于
Pampango (菲律宾) Masaganang Bayung Banua
波斯 语 Saleh 现在 ra tabrik migouyam
菲律宾 Manigong Bagong Taon
擦亮 剂: Szczesliwego Nowego Roku
葡萄 牙语 Feliz Ano Novo
Punjabi Nave sal di mubarak
罗马尼亚语 NOU FERICIT
俄语 S Novim Godom
萨摩亚 Manuia le Tausaga Fou
塞尔 维亚-克罗地亚语 Sretna 新星 godina
Sindhi Nayou Saal Mubbarak Hoje
Singhalese Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
siraiki Nawan Saal Shala Mubarak Theevay
斯洛 伐克族 一 stastlivy Novy Rok
斯洛文尼亚语 sre..no novo leto
Somali Iyo Sanad Cusub Oo Fiican!
西班 牙语 Feliz Ano ~Nuevo
Swahili Heri Za Mwaka Mpyao
瑞典语 GOTT NYTT?R! / Gott nytt?r!
苏丹 人 Warsa Enggal
Tamil Eniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal
Telegu Noothana samvatsara shubhakankshalu
泰国 Sawadee Mai
土耳其 Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
乌克 兰 Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku
Urdu Naya Saal Mubbarak Ho
乌兹别克人 Yangi Yil Bilan
越南语 Chuc Mung Tan Nien
威尔 士: Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!

不同国家新年的来历

怎样之外它所有开始在..........

天庆祝象新年在现代世界 总没有在在1月1 日
假日为新年的庆祝是在最老之中所有假日在这 个世界。它第一次被观察在古老Babylon, 大约4000 年前。在岁月 在2000 B.C 附近, 巴比伦新年从第一个新月(实际上第一可看见的 月牙)开始在春天昼夜平分点或第一天以后春天因为这是重生的季节 , 的种植新庄稼和的开花。今天, 多数社区庆祝二新年, 一个英语 , 其他附属对他们自己
Romans 继续观察新年在3 月的下旬, 但各种各样皇帝连续地窜改与他们的日历所以这本日历 很快成为出于同步与太阳
为了设置日历权利, 罗马参议院, 在153 B.C, 宣称1月1 日是新年的初期。但窜改继续直到朱利叶斯Caesar, 在 46 B.C, 建立这本朱利安日历。它再建立Jan1 作为新年。但为了 synchronies 日历与太阳, Caesar 必须让往年拖延445 天 !!!
虽然在第一个世纪A.D Romans 持续庆祝新年, 早期宽容 教会谴责作为paganism 。但是当基督教变得比较分布广早期教会开 始有它将拥有宗教遵守在许多的同时pagan 庆祝, 并且新年的天没 有不同。新年的天仍然被观察作为基督的割除阴茎宴餐由某一衡量 单位。
在中年其间, 教会没有保留反对对庆祝新year.January1 庆祝作为一个假日由Western 国家仅仅关于过去400 年或如此
传统 象做新年的决议并且建于早期巴比伦人。普遍的现代决议也许包括 这个诺言丢失重量或放弃抽烟但最普遍的决议在早期Babylonia 将 退回被借用的农场设备!

在跟随这本格利高里日历的多数国家, 新年的 天是一个公休日(国家象美国, 英国, 和加拿大 ) 以色列并且印度是例外。在纽约世 界着名Waterford 水晶球找出上流在时期正方形之上是被降下的开 始下午11:59:00 和到达它的比较低的t 底部midnight(12:00:00 上午冲程) 在1月1 日。其它球下落发生在Copacabana 海 滩在里约De Janeiro 和悉尼港口和于维也纳新年音乐会, 在奥地利 。这天并且是场合做篝火被摈除的圣诞树在有些国家。在 苏格兰, 有许多特别习惯与新年交往。苏格兰名字为新年庆祝是 Hogmanay 。在美国新年同联系在一起老父亲时 光的图像与sash 离开宣告老年当婴儿进入与一个新年sash 。
新年前夕是分开遵守从新年的天。在20 世纪西部实践, 这次庆祝介入partying 直到早晨饮用香槟的极小小时并且使快活与 爱部分。新年的前夕是公众非运作假日在美国, 英国, 澳洲, 西班 牙, 香港, 阿根廷, 德国, 菲律宾和委内瑞拉。悉尼是一个人群制 帽工人在新年的1.2 百万人民的前夕庆祝! 80.000 烟花传统上被设 置从悉尼港口桥梁和四其它升火点包括6 公里沿悉尼港口。这次事 件每年吸引平均30,000 个国际游人。
在香港 人们通常聚集在中央, 堤道海湾和Tsim 沙Tsui 港口前线 和计数在新年下于斑点象时期正方形和海洋终端。
大Ben 在伦敦是 这把钥匙对新年庆祝。大约100,000 个观众聚集在Honmanay 街道党 附近在爱丁堡, 与烟花被设置从这座城堡和其它主要小山在这个城 市附近。显示壮观烟花的伦敦眼睛并且是在其它着名地方中。

片刻午夜由大Ben 的声音标记在英国 传统歌曲, Auld Lang Syne 唱歌在新年的第一片刻内, 在最后的冲程以后响铃;The 滴下这个" 球" 在一个顶部计时正方 形在纽约, 是广播全世界; 发射烟花在西雅图往空间针直到它到达 这个顶面在午夜做读秒。在一个百年时钟是被降下的起动于 23:59:48 在' La Puerto del Sol ' 的西班牙当葡萄被吃为各第二 左对新年...,as 几百千个人党, 新年到达与新希望和平爱和繁荣 在我们的途中...

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中国新年 是从第二个新月到来开始从事冬天至日的一个 月球假日。它开始在1月中旬和二月中旬, (日期变化) 并且通常持 续之间十五天。当新年接近, 人们清洗他们的家逃命坏运气在即将 来临该年。家庭聚集为一个宴餐在新年的前夕, 和留下晚, 相信它 将延长他们的长辈生活。中国人相信邪恶精神来环绕于新年, 如此 他们让爆竹吓唬他们。经常居于封印他们的窗口和门与纸保留邪恶 精神, 。在新年的天, 居于礼服在他们的最佳的衣裳和提出一另与 小礼物。中国人全世界庆祝第一满月与一支五颜六色的街道队伍, 称灯笼节日。居于积土街道运载灯笼和加入一次巨大游行带领由一 条极大龙。灯笼节日应该点燃方式新年。



在韩国月球新年的第一天称Sol-nal nal 。这是使家庭更新领带和为做准备新年。新年的前夕: 居于地 方秸杆scoopers, 犁耙或筛子在他们的门和墙壁保护他们的家庭从 邪恶精神罪孽新年。大家穿戴在新衣裳, 这个以下早晨, 象征新起 点, 和会集在最老的公家庭成员的家。祖先纪念礼拜式举行, 然后 比较年轻的世代弓对长辈在这个家庭。他们祝愿他们身体好和繁荣 在来年。长辈经常然后给之后最近minted 金钱或礼物。新年的天食 物包括: 一个碗米蛋糕汤ttokkuk 。韩国人相信吃这汤将增加和额 外年纪来你的生活。韩国年龄实际上被演算于新年。大家变得一年 比较旧在新年的天! 喜爱的比赛: yut nori, 棍子赛, 和看见锯在 大跷跷板设定在这个庭院里或在公园。


日本新年(Oshogatsu 的 庆祝发生在 1月1 日, 和与西部国家。然而, 日本人并且观察一些信仰从他们的 宗教, 称Shinto 。为幸福和好运气, 日本人垂悬秸杆绳索横跨他们 的家前线。他们相信它保持邪恶精神去。日本人开始笑新年开始的 片刻, 如此他们交好运气整年。
泰国新年节日称 Songkran 和持续三天从4月13 日到15 日达成协议这本格利高里日 历。习惯是许多譬如人投掷水一个另, 在那的假装之下它将带来好 雨在来年并且所有菩萨雕像或图像被洗涤。他们参观这个修道院祝 祷和提供米, 果子, 甜点和其它食物礼物为monks 。其它习惯带来 好运气, 将发布鸟从他们的笼子或鱼从他们的碗。他们运载一个鱼 碗对这条河发布他们的鱼全部在一个另的同时。他们也许并且演奏 这场比赛以是赛宁可象skittles 的Saba 着名。


越南新年称Tet Nguyen Dan, 或Tet 为短小。这个确切的日期一年又一年改变, 但它通常落在1月21 日 和2月19 日之间。共同越南信仰是第一个人进入房子于新年将带来 也好或坏运气。越南人并且相信有一个神在旅行天堂于新年的每个 家。在天堂, 这个神将显露多么好或坏这个家庭的各名成员到在过 去年之内。因而, 新年是时候反射在过去和改善将来。传统越南信 仰是这个神旅行天堂在鱼的后面, 称鲤鱼。今天某些人民将买一个 活鲤鱼, 和然后释放它在河或池塘。


人民柬埔寨使用 印第安日历演算新年节日的开始。这个节日开始在4月12 日, 13 日或14 日根据这本格利高里日历和持续三天。居于干净和装饰他们 的房子, 并且设定法坛欢迎说下来接地此时的新年精神 Tevada Chhnam Thmey 。Buudha 的雕像被投入在法坛, 还花, 蜡烛 , 香火, 一个碗有气味的水, 食物和饮料, 并且香蕉留给塑造在不 同的图。天节日人民的当中一个参观他们的地方修道院和为monks 提供食物。一个特别沙子土墩被修造在修道院的空地在这天。这个 土墩用五面宗教旗子, 一个在这个土墩顶部和四装饰在边附近。特 别比赛譬如拔河, Angkunh 和Boh Choong 被演奏于修道院在这个节 日的各天。天二人聚集与他们的家庭祝愿一新年好和交换礼物。他 们也许再并且参观这个修道院请求monks 认为用他们的祖先的一个 特别祷告。天三他们的家和修道院菩萨雕像被洗涤。它是说这保证 好雨在来年其间。孩子洗涤他们的父母的脚作为尊敬的标志在这天 。


Celebration of the Hindu New Year varies based on geographic location. Most Hindus live in India, but many have different traditions. For example, the Hindus of Gujarat, in western India, celebrate the New Year at the end of October, at the same time as the Indian festival of Diwali. For the Diwali celebration, small oil lights are lit all along the rooftops. In northern India, people wear flowers to celebrate the New Year, commonly in pink, red, purple, or white hues. Hindus in central India display orange flags, flying them from the top of buildings. In southern India, mothers put food, flowers, and small gifts on a special tray. On New Year's morning, children must keep their eyes shut until they have been led to the tray.


The Jewish New Year is called Rosh Hashanah, and falls in the seventh month, or Tishri, of the Jewish calendar (September - October). Rosh Hashanah is a holy time when people reflect on the things they have done wrong in the past, so they can improve in the future. Celebration of the New Year begins at sunset the day before, and religious services are held at synagogues in observation. An instrument called a Shofar, made from a ram's horn, is traditionally played and children are given new clothes to celebrate the New Year. In addition, New Year loaves are baked and fruit is eaten to remind people of harvest time.


The Muslim New Year falls eleven days earlier than the previous year because the Muslim calendar is based on the movements of the moon. In Iran, people celebrate the New Year in March. As the New Year approaches, Muslims set grains of wheat or barley in small dishes and sprinkle them with water. When the New Year arrives, the growth of the sprouted grains reminds people of spring and a new year of life.


The Bahai people have their own calendar consisting of nineteen months of nineteen days plus a couple of extra days between the eighteenth and nineteenth months. They have however adopted the Iranian custom of beginning the New Year in the spring equinox. The day begins at sunset rather than midnight, and the New Year celebrations are held during the evening of March 20th.


In Egypt the New Year is a public holiday and has a very festive atmosphere. Although they know in advance when the New Year begins they still observe the custom of the new crescent moon must be seen before the official announcement is made. The sighting is carried out at the Muhammad Ali mosque which is at the top of the hill in Cairo. The message is then passed on to the religious leader known as the Grand Mufti and he proclaims the New Year. The men who have been waiting outside the mosque wish each other a happy New Year by saying "Kol Sana We Enta Tayeb!" and then go home to tell their families. Then all families sit down for a special New Year dinner. On this day even the poorest of family serves some meat. No alcohol is served because Muslims do not drink.
US traditions like the Tournament of Roses Parade dates back to 1886.The tradition of using a baby to signify the New Year began in Greece around 600 B.C.It was the tradition at that time to celebrate their God of wine, Dionysus, by parading a baby in a basket, representing the annual rebirth of that God as the spirit of fertility. Early Egyptians also used a baby as a symbol of rebirth.
However, Christians denounced the practice as pagan, the popularity of the baby as a symbol of rebirth forced the church to revaluate it's position. The Church finally allowed it's members to celebrate the New Year with a baby, which was to symbolize the birth of the baby Jesus.
The Germans brought the use of the image of a baby with a New year's Banner as a symbolic representation of the New Year to early America. They had used the effigy since the 14th century.
Traditionally it was believed that, what they did or ate on the 1st day of the year could affect their luck throughout the coming year. For that reason, celebrating the first few minutes of a brand new year in the company of family and friends became more popular. Parties often last into the middle of the night after the ringing in of a New Year. It was once believed that the first visitor in New Year's Day would either bring good luck or bad luck the rest of the year. A tall dark-haired man was particularly lucky visitor.
Traditional New Year foods are also believed to bring luck. Many cultures believe that anything in the shape of a ring is good luck because it symbolizes "coming full circle" (completing a year's cycle). The Dutch eat doughnuts on New Year's Day for good fortune.

Celebration of the arrival of New hopes and aspirations.....

Many parts of the US celebrate the New year by eating black-eyed pea dishes. Either hog jowls or ham typically accompanies these legumes. Black-eyed peas and other legumes have been considered good luck in many cultures. The hog, and thus it's meat, is considered lucky because it symbolizes prosperity. Cabbage is another "good luck" vegetable that is eaten on New Year's Day cabbage leaves are also considered a sign of prosperity, being representative of paper currency). In some regions, rice is considered lucky food that is eaten on New Year's Day.

Traditional New Year is a religious feast, but since 1900s it has become an occasion for celebration on the night between December 31 and January 1,called the New Year's Eve. There are often spectacular fireworks displayed at midnight.


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