January 1st of the Gregorian calendar is called “New Year” in most countries of the world, and “New Year’s Day” in China. Ancient Chinese: Yuan means “first”; Dan means “day”; “New Year’s Day” means “first day”. The modern explanation is: “Yuan” means “beginning”; “Dan” is a pictograph, indicating that the sun rises from the horizon, and the combination of the two characters means the first day of the new year. In ancient China, New Year’s Day was the first day of the first lunar month. On September 27, 1949, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference officially designated January 1st of the Gregorian calendar as Yuan, so New Year’s Day is also called “Solar Year” in China. In order to avoid confusion with China’s “Lunar New Year”, it is called “Spring Festival”.
Celebrating the New Year is a custom that exists all over the world. People in any country are full of good hopes for the new year. Different countries have different customs and ways of celebration because of their different histories, cultures, religious beliefs, national customs, etc.
1. Peruvian New Year
Yellow products are indispensable in Peru, and the most distinctive of them is yellow underwear. No matter men, women, old or young, they will buy a pair of yellow underwear to wear, which means “close” luck and good luck will always be with them.
Business opportunities: various yellow products, such as yellow underwear, yellow clothes, yellow hats, etc.
2. German New Year
The Germans celebrate the New Year for a full week. Fish is the mascot of the German New Year. They will put fish scales in their wallets, which means that wealth will come in abundance. The German New Year also has a custom similar to that of China, that is, taking a bath and changing new clothes on the New Year, which indicates that everything will go well. If you dress randomly on the New Year, you will not have a smooth year.
Germans will have many performances on the New Year, such as children will happily hold harmonicas and accordions and line up in the street to play; adults will hold colorful flags and sing behind them to celebrate the New Year.
Business opportunities: harmonicas, accordions, and various musical instruments, colorful flags, small trumpets, hand claps and other small party items
3. British New Year
The British New Year is not as grand as Christmas. Because the time is close, many families will celebrate them together. According to tradition, basically every family will have a New Year’s Eve dinner on December 31st. In the early morning of the 31st, everyone started to pay New Year’s greetings. Every family opened their doors and took out the small bread prepared in advance to entertain the guests. In addition, when the British go out on the morning of the New Year, they always carry a handful of copper coins. Whether they meet familiar friends or strangers, they will give each other gifts. They believe that this will not only bring good fortune to the other party for a year, but also bring good luck to themselves.
There is a Big Ben in London. Every year, a large number of British people count down in front of the Big Ben, and many couples will kiss in front of the Big Ben to welcome the arrival of the New Year. There are also large-scale fireworks displays in the UK every year.
Business opportunities: various luminous products, such as luminous small ears, bracelets, etc.