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WHICH COUNTRY CELEBRATES NEW YEAR’S FIRST?
哪个国家的新年时间是最早的？
Written by Mary Gabbett
（原文地址：https://greenglobaltravel.com/celebrate-new-year-traditions-around-the-world/）
Translated and edited by Spark Liao
Despite the Gregorian calendar being globally recognized, many countries follow different timetables. So some cultures observe New Year’s on a different day! As weird as it may sound, there’s some debate as to which is the first country to celebrate the New Year.
尽管格里高利历（公历）是全球公认的，但许多国家遵循不同的时间表。所以有些国家在不同的日子庆祝新年！尽管这听起来很奇怪，但关于哪个国家是第一个庆祝新年的，仍有一些争论。
1. Bali (巴厘岛)
Many east Asian cultures use the lunar calendar to determine New Year’s Day. But some parts of Indonesia use a special Saka Calendar, which puts the holiday on a different date than China’s lunar system. It’s typically more of a somber affair, used primarily as a day of rest rather than celebration.
许多东亚国家使用阴历（农历）来确定新年。但印度尼西亚的一些地区使用特殊的萨卡日历，将节日定在与中国农历不同的日期。他们的新年气氛较为阴沉，主要被当作休息日，而不是庆祝日。
2. Cambodia (柬埔寨)
Another country that celebrates a New Year in April, Cambodia has a 3-day long holiday that is dictated by the end of their harvest season. It follows the same lunar calendar as India, in which the New Year begins when the sun enters the sign of Aries.
柬埔寨是另一个在4月庆祝新年的国家，新年的假期是3天，在他们收获季节结束之后。它遵循与印度相同的农历；在印度，当太阳进入白羊座时，新年就开始了。
3. Egypt (埃及)
In Egypt, the New Year’s Day celebration changes according to the moon. But, unlike other countries that go the lunar route, here the festivities do not begin until a crescent moon is sighted!
在埃及，新年庆祝活动根据月亮的运行情况而变化。但是，与其他同样遵循阴历的国家不同的是，这里的庆祝活动直到新月出现才开始！
4. India (印度)
While January first is certainly celebrated there, the New Year celebration in India actually has many different dates. Rongali Bihu is the most popular: It’s celebrated in mid-April, on the first day of the Hindu solar calendar. But the specific day of celebration changes from region to region.
在印度，尽管1月1日会庆祝新年，但新年的庆祝活动实际上还会发生在很多不同的日期。荣加利比胡最受欢迎：它在4月中旬举行，在印度教阳历的第一天庆祝，但庆祝活动举行的具体日期因地区而异。
5. Israel (以色列)
The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana brings in the New Year in early autumn, as does the Islamic New Year (usually in late September). Many Orthodox Christians in Israel celebrate New Year’s on the first of September.
犹太节日Rosh Hashana在初秋迎来新年，就像伊斯兰新年（通常在9月下旬）一样。以色列的许多东正教基督徒在9月1日庆祝新年。
6. Samoa (萨摩亚)
There are 39 time zones in the world. Based on the International Date Line, the islands of Samoa and Kiribati are the first places on Earth to reach the Gregorian calendar’s new year on January 1st.
世界上有39个时区。根据国际日期变更线，萨摩亚和基里巴斯群岛是地球上第一个在1月1日达到公历新年的地方。
7. Baker Island and Howland Island (贝克岛和豪兰岛)
As for the last country to celebrate the New Year? Though not technically a country, that would be the U.S. territories of Baker Island and Howland Island, two uninhabited wildlife refuges located about halfway between Hawaii and Australia.
至于最后一个庆祝新年的国家呢？虽然从严格意义上讲，它不是一个国家，而是是美国领土贝克岛和豪兰岛，这两个无人居住的野生动物保护区位于夏威夷和澳大利亚之间的半中央。
