What are the customs of Japanese New Year?

On the first day of the new year, people usually go to shrines or temples to pay homage, and most people choose to go to shrines. It is said that the shrine is not a god of a certain religion, but an ancient local tribal leader. The first day is also called the first god or the first house.

Step 2: Clean

The traditional cleaning of Japanese who like to set rules also has a fixed date-65438+February 65438+March. It's just that people's lives are very busy now. They cleaned the shed on June 38+03, symbolically observing the rules, and didn't really start cleaning until June 38+02. Clean up and welcome the god of the year.

3. Congratulate the New Year and forget it.

When writing New Year greetings, it should be noted that if a family member dies this year, it is not allowed to write New Year greetings. Then in the middle of 65438+February, I will send an apology postcard to my relatives and friends, explaining the reasons. People who receive such postcards can't send greeting cards to each other.

4, seven grass porridge

Drinking seven grass porridge is also a kind of wisdom of the ancients, so that people who eat too many good things in the first month can get it. It is said that eating seven grass porridge on the morning of 1 7 can help people avoid diseases and disasters in the new year. The original seven grass porridge was made of seven kinds of cereals (rice, wheat, millet, millet, barnyard grass, sesame and adzuki bean).

Step 5 open the mirror

Opening the mirror was originally a custom of samurai society, and it was a ceremony to pray for a long life. Taking down the mirror cakes offered to God and dividing them into pieces means the end of the first month and the beginning of a new year. Because the word "cut" is taboo, it is called "opening the mirror" when it is used for Geely. After the Edo period, it was decided that the opening date was 1+0 1.

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