The Origin of Chinese New Year (1) The beginning of the Chinese Lunar Year is known as Spring Festival. It is the most ceremonious and traditional festival and also a symbol of unity and prosperity. According to records, that Chinese people celebrated Spring Festival has a history of four thousand years and it was played by Yun Shun. One day in two thousand years BC, Shun got the Emperor and led his people to worship heaven and earth. Since then, people thought this day as a beginning of the year and the first day of the first month. It is said that the origin of the Lunar New Year and later called it as Spring Festival. However, Chinese New Year's date is not consitent: Xia Dynasty used the MengChun for the first month--January, Shang Dynasty used the twelfth lunar month(December) for the first month, QinShiHuang used the October for the first month after his unifying other six states, the eariler time of Han Dynasty followed the Qin calendar. One emperor-Liu Che felt messy about the calendar, then ordered the secretory and Si Ma Qian made the 'solar calendar' providing for the first lunar year was the first month of one year and the first day of the first month was the New Year's Day. Since then, China used the lunar calendar until Qing Dynasty and lasted for over 2080 years.