“元”即开始、第一之意；“旦”为早晨、一天之意。“元旦”即是一年的开始。在我国古代，元旦节到底是哪一天，历代各不相同，但以农历正月初一为“元旦”或“元日”者居多。夏代定在“夏历”正月初一；殷商定在腊月初一；周代定在冬月（１１月）初一；战国时代，各诸侯国各 “Yuan” is the beginning, the first meaning; “Dan” for the morning, meaning of the day. “New Year’s Day” is the beginning of the year. In ancient China, which day was the New Year’s Day, the history was different, but the first day of the first lunar month was mostly “New Year’s Day” or “Yuan Day.” Xia Dynasty set in the first day of the first lunar month of the “lunar calendar”; Shang set at the first day of the twelfth lunar month; the Zhou Dynasty set at the first day of the winter month (November); the Warring States Period,