Chapter 3693

Spring Festival is the most important festival for Chinese people. Chinese people have been celebrating the Spring Festival for more than 4000 years. There are many opinions about the origin of the Spring Festival, but the generally accepted one is that the Spring Festival was in the period of Yushun, who was the son of heaven and led his subordinates to worship heaven and earth. From then on, people regarded this day as the beginning of the year. This is the origin of the Chinese New Year. Later, the Spring Festival used to be called New Year's day, and the month in which the Spring Festival was held was called January.

However, the dates of Chinese Spring Festival are different: in the Xia Dynasty, the first month of mengchun was used as the first month; in the Shang Dynasty, the first month of December was used as the first month; in the early Han Dynasty, the first month of October was used as the first month after the unification of the six states. In 104 BC, astronomers Luo xiahong, Deng Ping and others formulated the Taichu calendar, which changed the original October as the beginning of the year to the first month of mengchun as the beginning of the year. Later generations gradually improved the lunar calendar (that is, the lunar calendar) which we use today. Luo xiahong is also known as the "old man of Spring Festival". Since then, China has been using the summer calendar (lunar calendar, also known as the lunar calendar) until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

However, it changed again in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. During the period of the Beiyang Government of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai defined new year's day as January 1 of the Western calendar, and the Spring Festival as the first day of the first lunar month. At that time, what was the situation? Since he became president, Yuan Shikai has always wanted to do something. After all, he was an old minister of the Qing Dynasty, but he also heard that his eyes were stained with foreign culture. So in his heart, it's hard to avoid the feeling that you, Cixi, an old whore, can listen to politics behind the curtain for decades. Why can't he, Yuan Shikai, become an emperor?

Of course, this is about to say why Yuan Shikai resented Cixi, but why Yuan Shikai was so obedient when Cixi was alive? The reason is simple, because Cixi is skillful, and in the last few years, she promoted Zhang Zhidong and zaifeng to contain Yi Zhe and Yuan Shikai, and had a plan to protect Yuan Shikai. Once this man had a different intention, he would kill him. Of course, it's a long way off.

In a word, Yuan Shikai had some ambition to be an emperor, but he was not so brave as the president of the Republic of China. But what should he do if he wants to be a teacher? Let the Ministry of internal affairs draft a document to revise the lunar calendar to test the national response. How is this document written?

President Yuan Da, Department of civil administration of the Ministry of the interior, said: "it has been reported that this batch should be approved immediately.".

Originally, Yuan Shikai wanted to change even the Spring Festival, but the staff below said that the change was too big for the public and the intellectuals to accept, so they started the new year's day first and then the Spring Festival. This just let Yuan Shikai stop for a while.

Through such a series of documents, the Chinese New Year's day becomes the Lunar New Year's day, and the Chinese Spring Festival is the lunar January 1. This reform, of course, makes many people a little unaccustomed. It is clear that one festival has to become two. But it catered to the welcome of many intellectuals at that time, believing that it was helpful for China to move towards the road of prosperity. At that time, he boasted that Yuan Shikai had the courage and foresight of Japan's democratic reform. Let's not talk about whether these remarks were made by Yuan Shikai's confidants or the consensus of the intellectuals at that time. In short, this change in China's Spring Festival calendar for thousands of years inflated Yuan Shikai's ambition and made his later decision to ascend the throne. Also let themselves to the destruction. At that time, Yuan Shikai's greatest regret was that the Spring Festival did not change. Otherwise, Yuan Shikai will be famous forever.

After Yuan Shikai left, the time of Spring Festival has not stopped. When it came to the Republic of China, it changed again.

On May 7, 1928, the Ministry of the interior of the Republic of China submitted a request to the national government to "abolish the old calendar and make universal use of the National Calendar". The reason is: "in the past ten years, I still use the old calendar, but I don't know how to correct it."“ Eight measures are to be worked out in the hope of a thorough reform. " Among them, in 1930, the government reiterated that "the removal of the holiday dates and all kinds of ceremonial ornaments and entertainment of the abolished Chinese New Year is equal to the national new year: (1) people everywhere should take the holiday days of the abolished Chinese New Year and all kinds of ceremonial ornaments and entertainment used before and after the abolished Chinese new year, such as New Year greeting, group worship, ancestor worship, spring banquet, lantern watching, coloring and Spring Festival couplets, all of which should be held before and after the national new year（ 2） It shall be actively implemented by the party and government organs, and the people shall be notified in advance to comply with it. No holiday shall be allowed in the name of abolishing the Chinese new year, or in any other name. "

According to people's accounts, during the Spring Festival, police were sent to the closed shops to force them to open their doors and destroy Yuanbao tea and fruits for sacrifice. Some of them were also fined, and even hawkers selling almanacs in the countryside were arrested for detention. A time of panic, will be a happy new year, make chicken fly dog jump.

Why did the Republic of China do this? Obviously, this was influenced by Yuan Shikai's heredity at that time and the domestic environment at that time. He wanted to change the customs of the common people and make them stop believing in a certain party. In the end, it backfired.

In the end, it should be said by Li Shimin that the king is like a boat and the people are like water. Water can carry a boat and overturn it. In the end, the KMT was completely destroyed and ran to Taiwan.

Of course, after the founding of the people's Republic of China, it is a bit difficult to talk about the Spring Festival and new year's day. After all, at that time, there was a lot of confusion among the people about how to spend New Year's day and Spring Festival. Some still spend New Year's day and Spring Festival together, according to the lunar calendar. Some are new year's day and Spring Festival. This makes the country a bit like the 54 states in the United States. After that, the central government finally ruled that the new year's day should follow the Western calendar and the Spring Festival should follow the lunar calendar.

That is to say, Yuan Shikai's style was copied in the end. However, through the rigid regulations of the state, people all over the country are used to the Western calendar on New Year's day and the lunar calendar on Spring Festival. It's been decades. However, in the thousands of years of history, no matter how the Spring Festival solar terms change, the most important days in people's hearts are still the three days of the lunar new year. Why is it so? Maybe the common people still miss Emperor Shun's era of sages.

"It's December 30 today. It's new year's Eve!" Lin Feng looked at his watch and sighed.

"Well, today is February 17 of the Western calendar, December 30 of the lunar calendar, new year's Eve, and tomorrow is the first day of the first month!" Lin Zhiling nodded.

"Well, it's been a good year." Lin Feng sighed, "by the way, Zhiling, do you want to go home this year?"

Lin Zhiling is from Taiwan and her parents are in Taiwan. It's natural for her family to have a reunion this Spring Festival. After all, all year round, I almost run around myself, and it's hard to see my family. It's only when I go to Taiwan occasionally that I find time to meet my parents. In this regard, Lin Feng is moved and distressed.

"Well, I won't go back this year. I'll go back after the Spring Festival. " Lin Zhiling thought about it and said.

"Why not go back? It's nothing! I'll take you back by special plane. You'll stay with your parents for a few days, and then I'll pick you up by special plane. It'll be quick. " Lin Feng shrugged.

"Well, I won't go back. When I go back home, my family will be annoyed. Besides eating, I have nothing to do with playing cards. So I won't go back. " Lin Zhiling shook her head. "It's like this every year. It's boring."

"Why bother? What's the matter? Is there anything I can do for you? " Lin Feng asked curiously. Lin Zhiling is her own secretary. It seems that there are few things that can annoy her. If it bothers her, I'll help myself.

"Well, it's nothing. It's all small things. Boss, you don't have to worry about me. What's more, after the group dinner tonight, there will be a business seminar. Naturally, I will be by your side. " Lin Zhiling said.

"It doesn't matter. It's just to gather some successful people from scratch and have a discussion. That's all. It's just a tea party. It's nothing. Besides, there's Natalie and Melissa. They're here. They're just Spring Festival. It's OK. " But Lin Feng waved his hand.

However, Lin Zhiling just shook her head, asked the reason again, and did not say much. To this, Lin Feng also helpless. He's not one of those obsessive-compulsive people, and he's not one of those people who, as a boss, has to say the same thing. So if Lin Zhiling doesn't say it, he won't ask.

"In that case, we'll get ready later, go home early for dinner, and let's all go back together. At home, youyou cooked a big meal tonight Lin fengphen asked, turned and went out, ready to say goodbye to the staff before the new year.

"Idiot!" Natalie shook her head.

"Yes, I, a Frenchman, know why. He's such a fool!" Melissa shook her head, too.

Lin Zhiling shrugged helplessly. Although there was a little loss on his face, he was soon relieved. Sometimes the boss of his own family is smart like something, but sometimes he is stupid. But only in this way can I love you!