元旦是我国的一个传统节日,从汉武帝恢复夏历一直沿用至辛亥革命前,中华民国建立后,以公历为标准纪年,定公历的一月一日为元旦。但这一变革并非一帆风顺,元旦节日经历了一个由上层向中层逐步渗透,由政治功能向娱乐功能逐步演变的过程,体现了西方历法在中国的本土化过程。同时它作为一个缩影,呈现了在中国社会变迁中,中西文化融合、中国由传统向近代嬗变的历程。 New Year’s Day is a traditional festival in our country. After the restoration of the Han Dynasty from the Han Dynasty to the 1911 Revolution, the Republic of China was founded with the Gregorian calendar as the standard year and January 1 of the Gregorian calendar as New Year’s Day. However, this change is not always easy. New Year’s Day holiday has undergone a process of gradual infiltration from the upper to the middle level and gradual evolution from political functions to entertainment functions, reflecting the localization of Western calendars in China. At the same time, as a microcosm, it presents the process of the integration of Chinese and Western cultures and the evolution of China from the traditional to the modern in the social changes in China.