What kind of festival is Bonihara Festival?

After all, Bonihara Festival is a festival that Japanese people attach great importance to.

Japanese Folk Festival-Kasahara Festival

There are all kinds of folk festivals in Japan, and different festivals have different ways to celebrate. Among them, the Kasahara Festival is one of the festivals that Japanese people attach great importance to. Learn about Kogasawara Festival with me.

The Origin of Kogasawara Festival

It is said that the story of the filial piety of Mulian, a disciple of Sakyamuni, recorded in the Buddhist classics of China, is the origin of this festival. And because his day of worship is July 15 (lunar calendar), this day has become a day of ancestor worship. In addition, in ancient Indian, the meaning of the eyeworm basin is upside down, so there is a sacrifice to save people from the pain of upside down.

During the Asuka period, China introduced the Kasahara Festival in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The first Kasahara Festival was held in Faxing Temple in Tuigu 14 (606 Gregorian calendar).

The importance of Kogasawara Festival to the Japanese.

Besides New Year's Day, Bonihara Festival is the most important festival in Japan. Before and after the festival, not only schools will have a holiday, but also Japanese enterprises will generally have a holiday for about one to two weeks, which is called Kogasawara holiday. Many Japanese who go out to work are choosing to use this holiday to reunite in their hometown and worship their ancestors. At this time of year, the main roads in Japan are very busy and crowded. Just like Spring Festival travel rush in China, people go home, which is called national luck.

Sacrificial activities of Kasahara Festival

1, sweeping the grave

On the first day of the festival, people will go to the cemetery to clean up tombstones and cemeteries, and then offer incense, flowers and things that ancestors like. To sweep the grave is to go to the cemetery to meet the spirits of ancestors.

Step 2 welcome the divine fire

Burning hemp stalks called hemp stalks on pottery vessels is a sign to welcome the souls of ancestors to this world. You can buy hemp stalks in Buddhist shops, supermarkets, flower shops and other places.

Step 3 prepare the product

Dedicated to Xianma who regards eggplant and cucumber as cattle and horses, diligent in cooking, seasonal vegetables, fruits and so on, with a wide variety. Eggplant and cucumber are cut into small squares and placed on lotus leaves. It is said that this kind of offering can eliminate troubles for ancestors and improve public morality. In this way, the ancestors' souls stayed until the last day of Kogasawara Festival, and then returned to another plane by sending the flame. Just like when welcoming the fire of the soul, hemp stalks need to be burned at home. Among them, the "Five Mountains Sending Fires" in Kyoto is the most famous, and it is also one of the most famous large-scale activities in the Yulan Basin period.

Because Kyoto is located in a basin, surrounded by five mountains, on the day when the dead are sent away, Damen Temple, Zuodamen Temple, boats, torii and magic-shaped lights will be lit on the five mountains to send the ancestors' dead back to the other side.

4. Potted plants

Bonsai is also an essential activity of Bonsai Festival, which is found all over the country and has its own characteristics in combination with local customs. On the pre-arranged days, local people get together to dance obon. This was originally a way to express the joy of people who left hell, but now it has become a folk dance with local characteristics. On a summer night, with the drums, the whole village dances in a big circle, which is a landscape painting that can be seen all over Japan at this time.

In addition, modern society has spawned summer festivals. In summer, people eat shaved ice, fish goldfish and visit temple fairs to enjoy the cool. These are also scenes that can often be seen in Japanese dramas.

Taboo of bonihara Festival

During the Kasahara Festival, exquisite dishes, namely vegetarian fast, should be put on the altar, and the family should also eat vegetarian fast three times a day. The offerings on the bonsai festival table are very particular. First of all, we should avoid fishy things such as big fish and big meat. Secondly, food should be prepared for direct consumption. If the grapes are washed with water and put into a small bowl, the apples or pears should be peeled, but the round fruits are generally not cut into pieces and placed directly on the table. Snacks and other things should be taken out of the box and put on the plate.

This concludes the introduction of the traditional Japanese festival-Bonihara Festival. By the way, a tongue twister related to the Kasahara Festival: ぉのにがころこぉののののの.

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