The custom of Japanese girls' day

In Japan, March 3rd is the happiest day for girls every year, because it is the traditional "Girls' Day" in Japan.

Girls' Day is also called Peach Blossom Festival. In the past, Girls' Day was celebrated on March 3 of the old calendar (about one month later than March 3 of the Gregorian calendar), when peach blossoms were in full bloom, hence the name.

It is a tradition to set up a doll rack at home to celebrate girls' day. On this day, all families with girls will set up a ladder-shaped doll rack in the living room and put all kinds of dolls (dolls) wearing Japanese kimonos on it to celebrate the healthy growth of girls.

Some of these dolls are made by themselves and some are bought. Whenever a girl is born in Japan, her parents, grandparents, relatives and friends will give her a set of exquisite and beautiful dolls. A set of dolls, generally 15, has an emperor and a queen, three ladies-in-waiting, five musicians, two ministers and three guards. These little dolls have different postures and are lifelike.

Nowadays Japanese girls usually don't wear kimono (traditional Japanese clothing). But on Girls' Day, they all wear beautiful kimonos and invite their closest partners. Everyone sat around the doll rack, laughing and playing, and celebrating the festival happily.