The Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese Lunar New Year, is commonly known as the New Year, the New Year, and the New Year's Day. It is also known orally as the New Year and the Great Year. The Spring Festival has a long history, evolved from the ancient times when the head of the year prayed for the new year.

New Year's Day, the first day of January in the Gregorian calendar, is commonly known as the "New Year" by most people in the world. Yuan is called "the beginning", and the beginning of every number is called "Yuan"; Dan is called "Day"; "New Year's Day" means "the initial day".

The National Day of the People's Republic of China is also known as the "National Day", "National Day", "National Day", "China National Day", and "National Day Golden Week". The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China has announced that since 1949, every year, October 1st, the day on which the People's Republic of China is proclaimed, is the National Day.