“元旦”一说，起源于何时，它是怎样来的?一直是个众说纷纭的问题，现举五种说法供参考 一、元旦是一年开始之日。将哪天作为岁首，我国历代并不一致。夏代定在正月初一，殷代是12月初一，周代是10月初一，秦统一中国后，定10月初一为元旦。到汉武帝时恢复“夏历”，将正月初一定为岁首，以后历代相沿未改。辛亥革命后，我国 “New Year’s Day,” one said, when came from, how did it come? Has been a controversial issue, are quoted for the reference of a five, New Year’s day is the beginning of the year. Which day will be the first time, the history of our country is not consistent. Xia set in the first day of the first month, Yin Dai is the beginning of December, the Zhou Dynasty is the beginning of October, Qin unified China, scheduled for the first day of October as New Year’s Day. When the Han Dynasty to resume “the lunar calendar”, the first lunar month must be set as the first, after the previous generations have not changed. After the Revolution of 1911, our country