National Day, also known as National Day and Anniversary, refers to a legal holiday established by a country to commemorate the country itself. It is usually the independence of the country, the signing of the constitution, or other significant anniversary. All kinds of celebrations are held in the country on this day. In China, National Day refers to October 1, when the People's Republic of China was officially announced.
October 1, 1949 was the anniversary of the founding of New China. In the impression of many people, the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians was held on October 1, 1949 in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. In fact, the impression in people's heads is not accurate. Because the ceremony on October 1, 1949 in Tiananmen Square was a grand ceremony for the founding of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, not a founding ceremony. In fact, the "founding" of the People's Republic of China, that is to say the founding of the People's Republic of China, was announced a week before October 1st of that year. At that time, it was not called the "Founding Ceremony", but rather the "Founding Ceremony". The time is September 21, 1949. On this day, Chairman Mao Zedong of the Preparatory Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference announced the birth of new China in the opening speech delivered by the first session of the CPPCC.
So what happened to National Day on October 1st? At the first meeting of the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Commissioner Xu Guangping, the wife of Lu Xun, said: "Commissioner Ma Xulun cannot come for leave, he asked me He said that the founding of the People's Republic of China should have National Day, so I hope that this Council will decide to set October 1 as National Day. "Mao Zedong said," We should make a proposal and make recommendations to the government, and the government will decide. "
On October 2, 1949, the Central People ’s Government passed the “Resolution on National Day”, stipulating that October 1 of each year is National Day, and this day is used as the date to declare the founding of the People ’s Republic of China.
Since 1950, every year on October 1st has become a grand celebration of the people of all nationalities.