New year's Day is a traditional festival in China and Christmas is a traditional festival in the West. It seems that people are immersed in the atmosphere of Christmas and forget the new year's day after that, which makes the traditional festival in China more lonely. Some people think it's OK to live close together. Xiaobian doesn't agree. There are many differences between New Year's day and Christmas. Moreover, new year's day contains our traditional customs. It's necessary for us to understand the difference between Christmas and new year's day.
Different time
1、 New year's day, a traditional Chinese festival, is on January 1 of the lunar calendar. In the beginning, the dates of new year's day in ancient times were all lunar calendar, and the dates of new year's day in different dynasties were also different.
2、 Christmas, one of the traditional festivals in the west, is on December 15 of the Gregorian calendar. With the change of the times and the integration of eastern and Western cultures, Christmas is becoming more and more popular in China.
Different origins
1、 The word 'New Year'.
2、 Christmas belongs to the Western religious festival, which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. The Bible does not actually record the date of Jesus' birth. Christmas is a public holiday.
Different activities
1、 In ancient times, new year's Day held celebrations, ceremonies and other activities. Since the ancient spring festival and new year's day belong to the same day, the activities of new year's day are similar to those of our Spring Festival, such as offering sacrifices to ancestors, dancing dragon lights, pasting spring couplets, setting off firecrackers, etc.
2、 Every Christmas, most Christian churches hold mass on Christmas Eve on December 24. Later, like the Chinese, the Westerners gathered together for a Christmas dinner, then talked with each other, recalled the good past and prayed for a better tomorrow.
The legend of new year's Day
1、 It is said that there is a fierce animal named 'Nian'. Every new year's Eve, it goes to the village to eat people and livestock. So people always eat dinner early on New Year's Eve, close the door, gather together, chat and dare to avoid the invasion of the animals.
2、 Later, it was found that Nian was afraid of red and crackling sound, so people pasted red couplets on the gate, hung up red lanterns and set off fireworks, so Nian was scared away.
The legend of Christmas
1、 It is said that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was born by Mary the virgin. At that time, the Roman government issued an order that all the people must declare their household registration in Bethlehem.
2、 When Mary arrived in Bethlehem, she couldn't find a hotel. There was only one stable to stay in. At this time Jesus was about to be born, and Mary was forced to give birth to Jesus in a manger.
3、 In order to commemorate the birth of Jesus, posterity set December 25 as Christmas day, and looked forward to mass every year to commemorate the birth of Jesus.