The origin of Japanese vernal equinox

65438+1 October1New Year's Day is the first day of the new year, and it is also a day to pray for good luck and make plans for the new year. On this day, I also went to a shrine or a nearby temple for my first visit.

65438+ 10 15 Adult Festival is a festival to celebrate the independence of young men and women who have reached the age of 20, and there are adult ceremonies held by municipal, town and village administrative organs.

1 1 February, the country was established.

According to the records in the earliest Japanese history book "The History of Japan", this day was added by 1966 in order to recall the difficulties of the founding of the People's Republic of China and cultivate patriotic sentiments. In Japan, there are still people who oppose the so-called "Founding Day".

On March 2 1 day, the vernal equinox is the central day of "the other side of spring". This is the day to visit the graves and worship the ancestors.

The anniversary of the Constitution on May 3rd is to commemorate the day when the current Constitution was formulated. 1947.

Children's Day on May 5th was originally a day to celebrate boys' Dragon Boat Festival, to celebrate children's growth and to pray for happiness.

15 September Day for Respecting the Elderly was added by 1966 to show respect and gratitude to the elderly.

The autumnal equinox on September 23rd is the central day on the other side of autumn. Like the vernal equinox, we should sweep graves and worship ancestors' spirits.

65438+1October 10 Sports Festival Commemoration 1964 Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. This is a day to get close to sports and realize the importance of health. 1966 revised edition.

165438+1October 3rd Cultural Festival is a festival to commemorate1946165438+1October 3rd, which promulgated the current Japanese Constitution and cultivated the awareness of respecting culture.

165438+1October 23rd, Labor Thanksgiving Day is in the harvest season. In order to express gratitude for the bumper harvest and re-understand the joy of labor, a festival aimed at thanking labor was formulated.

65438+February 23rd National Day

March-April Cherry Blossom Festival

March 3rd (Shangsi Festival, one of the five major festivals in Japan) is called Daughter's Day or Sacrifice. Parents will set up a ladder-shaped display platform for girls at home (pictured), with dolls wearing Japanese kimonos from top to bottom. This kind of doll is called baby doll in Japan. (Hina You Ning)

May 5th (Dragon Boat Festival, one of the five major festivals in Japan) is also a real Children's Day. It is called Tangono Sekku in Japan, but the target is mainly boys. 1948 officially became a national holiday in Japan.

There will be no specific boys and girls on July 35. Japanese people think that children are especially lucky when they are three, five and seven years old, so every year 1 1 month 15 is set for them.

Let me introduce this time, Daughter's Day.

People who received gifts in white day on March 14, white day returned corresponding gifts to each other on March 14 to show their gratitude. Generally speaking, the pastry industry should take the opportunity to make a profit ... No wonder some Japanese young people said indignantly while paying money: "The daytime is purely a conspiracy of the pastry industry!"

Holidays can be roughly divided into three types. First of all, there are festivals stipulated by the government, such as New Year's Day, Adult's Day, Founding Day, Vernal Equinox, Emperor's Birthday, Constitution Day, Children's Day (May 5th), Respect for the Elderly Day, Autumn Equinox, Sports Festival, Cultural Festival, Labor Thanks Day, etc. The second kind of traditional festivals, such as beginning of spring, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day and Mid-Autumn Festival. In the past, Japanese also celebrated festivals according to the customs of China. However, after the Meiji Restoration, it was not enough to learn from the West. For example, the Spring Festival has been changed to New Year's Day, and it is no longer celebrated. There are also some festivals influenced by the west, such as Christmas, May Day and Women's Day. In addition, there are Japan's own festivals, such as Daughter's Day, Bonihara Festival, July 53 and so on. The third is a routine Saturday and Sunday.