元旦说“元旦”＂元旦＂。是合成记词。＂元＂，开始、第一的意思，凡数之始称为＂元＂。＂旦＂，象形字．上面的＂日＂代表太阳，下面的＂一＂，代表地平线。＂旦＂即太阳从地平线上冉冉升起，象征一日的开始。人们把＂元＂和＂旦＂两个字合起来，就引申为新年开始的第一... New Year’s Day, “New Year’s Day,” “New Year’s Day.” Is a synthetic speech. “Yuan”, the beginning, the first meaning, where the beginning of everything called “Yuan.” “Dan”, pictograph. The “day” above represents the sun and the following “one” represents the horizon. “Dan” that the sun rising from the horizon, a symbol of the beginning of the day. People put “Yuan” and “Dan” together, it extended to the beginning of the New Year the first ...