元旦一词,最早出自南朝梁人《雅乐歌》:“四气新元旦,万寿初今朝。”元旦是合成词:“元”是开始,第一的意思;“旦”是早晨,“旦”又是象形字,即“旦”上的“日”代表圆圆的太阳,从地平线上冉冉升起,象征一日开始。后来人们用它来比喻一年的岁首,元旦即一年的第一天。 元旦从何时开始?从文意上说,应是“一月一日”,其实不尽然。因为地球绕太阳自转一周, New Year’s Day, the earliest from the Southern Liang people, “Ya Yue Song”: “Siqi new New Year’s Day, Wanshou Chu now.” New Year’s Day is a synthesis of words: “Yuan” is the beginning, the first meaning; “Dan” is the morning, Again, the hieroglyph, the “day” on “Dan” represents the round sun rising from the horizon, symbolizing the beginning of the day. Later, people use it to describe the year-first year, New Year’s Day that is the first day of the year. New Year’s Day when to start? From the context, it should be “January 1”, in fact, not entirely. Because the Earth rotates around the sun for a week,