Yuan Dan - Happy New Year in Shanghai

Posted by Andrew at 12/31/2011 5:22 PM
Categories: China
元旦快乐!!  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

When Sun Yat-sen took office as the temporary President in Nanjing at the beginning of January of 1912, he set the 1st of the 1st lunar month as the Spring Festival while the 1st of January was set as the New Year, which was also called Yuan Dan.(from the Chinese Confucian Website)
 

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