Celebration of the New Year began to celebrate the New Year's day is, countries in the world over the common custom. In our country, but also on the national holidays. China and the most countries in the world, district the Gregorian calendar dating method, the January 1st as the beginning of the New Year, called the "New Year's day".

Because of the longitude of the world in different locations, countries of time is also different, accordingly, "new date there are also different. Such as Oceania located in the west of the RiJieXian island-state, it is the first day of the first place, also be to celebrate New Year's country. Located in the east side of the RiJieXian XiSaMaYa is the world's most late start a new day of place. According to the calendar to count, our country is the world's first start New Year 12 countries.元有始之意，旦指天明的时间，也通指白天。元旦，便是一年开始的第一天。元旦一词，最早出自南朝梁人萧子云《介雅》诗：四气新元旦，万寿初今朝。宋代吴自牧《梦梁录》卷一正月条目：正月朔日，谓之元旦，俗呼为新年。

我国历代元旦的月日并不一致。夏代在正月初一，商代在十二月初一，周代在十一月初一，秦始皇统一六国后，又以十月初一日为元旦，自此历代相沿未改(《史记》)。汉武帝太初元年时，司马迁创立了太初历，这才又以正月初一为元旦，和夏代规定一样，所以又称夏历，一直沿用到辛亥革命。中华民国建立，孙中山为了行夏正，所以顺农时;从西历，所以便统计，定正月初一(元旦)为春节，而以西历(公历)1月1日为新年。