# New Year ## contemporary celebrations ### New Year: 1st of January #### New Year: 1st of January (元旦) in [[China]] [[New Year (1st of January) is lightly celebrated in China. Called 元旦 (lit. ‘first dawn’), there are fireworks, countdowns, drinking, and sales promotions as in the West. However, the true ‘start of a new year’ celebration is the Lunar New Year.]][^1] --- ## historical celebrations - see: [[Modranecht]] (the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] New Year)[^2] [^1]: perksofbeingsocrafty \[pseud.], ‘1st January in China’, *r/Chinese*, Reddit, 5 July 2023, <https://www.reddit.com/r/Chinese/comments/14rqr00/1st_january_in_china/>; Michael Wright, ‘Do people in China celebrate both Chinese New Year and also the Gregorian Calendar’s New Year on January 1 or just the Chinese one?’, *Quora*, retrieved 29 March 2025, <https://www.quora.com/Do-people-in-China-celebrate-both-Chinese-New-Year-and-also-the-Gregorian-Calendars-New-Year-on-January-1-or-just-the-Chinese-one>. [^2]: Bede, *[[Bede, The Reckoning of Time, trans. Wallis, 1999|Bede: The Reckoning of Time]]*, ed. and trans. Faith Wallis (Liverpool University Press, 1999), p.53