When is Daughter's Day?

There are many sayings about Daughter's Day in China, some are called Daughter's Day, and Japanese also have Daughter's Day. So which days are called Daughter's Day? Below I recommend some knowledge about Daughter's Day to you, I hope you will find it useful.

What's the date of Daughter's Day?

China's Daughter's Day: The third day of March, the Dragon Boat Festival in May and the seventh day of July are called Daughter's Day by China people every year. 1988, Guangyuan municipal government decided to resume this folk festival, named it "Daughter's Day", and set the date of the festival as 1 day in September of Gregorian calendar.

20 17 What's the date of China Daughter's Day?

March 30th, 20 17, the third day of the third lunar month, Daughter's Day, Thursday.

May 30th, 20 17, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Daughter's Day, Tuesday.

20 17, Monday, August 28th, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Daughter's Day.

20 1 July 1 1 Daughter's Day September1Monday Lunar New Year.

20 17 when is the Japanese girls' day?

March 3, 20 17, the sixth day of the second lunar month, Daughter's Day, Friday.

The Origin and Statement of China Daughter's Day

The third day of the third month of the Gregorian calendar is the last day. In ancient times, the first March of the third lunar month was called "Shangsi". The third day of March is every four days. On this day, people spread shepherd's purse flowers on the stove and sat there sleeping, thinking that they could kill ants and other insects; Hide cauliflower and tung flower in sweaters and down jackets, thinking that clothes will not be eaten by insects; Women wear cauliflower on their heads, thinking that they can avoid headaches and sleep soundly at night. Shangsi is also called Daughter's Day.

Pan Rongbi's Ji Sheng at the Age of Emperor Jingdi also said under Duanyang: "Punctuality is Daughter's Day.

Tanabata is also a Daughter's Day, which is a traditional Han festival in China and a popular Daughter's Day in Guangyuan, Sichuan. According to legend, Wu Zetian's mother was pregnant with the black dragon while swimming in Guangyuan River. Wu Zetian of Hiuke was born on the 23rd day of the first lunar month. In ancient times, people used this day as the meeting place of Wu Zetian. On this day, people flocked to Huangze Temple, Zetianba and Jialing River to play. Women in new clothes invite each other to swim along the bend of the river for good luck. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, this activity was once interrupted.

1988, Guangyuan municipal government decided to resume this folk festival, named it "Daughter's Day", and set the date of the festival as 1 day in September of Gregorian calendar.

The Origin of Japanese Daughter's Day

Girls' Day in Japan is also called Shangsi or Peach Day. In the Muromachi era in Japanese history, it was a custom to touch the body with paper dolls and then throw them into rivers and seas. People think that dolls that drift with the tide will take away diseases and disasters. During the Edo period, the shogunate officially designated March 3 every year as Daughter's Day. Every year, about half a month before Daughter's Day to the day of the festival, Japanese folks will hold a grand celebration to pray for girls' healthy growth and happiness. At this time, families with girls will wear palace dolls with exquisite workmanship and gorgeous shapes, wishing the girls happiness, peace and healthy growth. Daughter's Day has a long history in Japan and is called "Young Festival" in Japanese.

What to eat on Japanese Girls' Day?

Oyster soup: Paired shellfish means that girls can marry a good family in the future.

Sushi: Shrimp symbolizing longevity, lotus root symbolizing broad vision and beans symbolizing health and hard work are added to sushi. These ingredients can bring good luck, plus green leaves, carrots, shredded eggs and so on. Making scattered sushi into colorful dishes symbolizing spring blossoms has become a must-have food for Daughter's Day.

Dry sesame seed cake (ぁられ): There are usually pink, green, yellow and white, and each color represents spring, summer, autumn and winter. Kanto region's sweet popcorn and Kansai's salty fried hemp, about one centimeter in diameter, are ancient portable grains.

Horseshoe cake: consists of three layers: powder, green and white. Pink stands for peach blossom, green stands for vegetation and white stands for snow. The whole expression is that the snow has melted, the vegetation has sprouted, the peach blossoms have blossomed, and spring has come.

The custom of China's Daughter's Day.

The most common custom of Daughter's Day is that women beg. Most of the ways of begging are for girls to do needlework, make small items and put some melons and fruits on them. Begging in different areas is different and interesting.

In Jinan, Huimin, Gaoqing and other places in Shandong, begging activities are very simple, only showing fruits and begging. If there are happy spiders weaving webs on melons and fruits, it shows that begging is very skillful. However, in Juancheng, Cao Xian, Pingyuan and other places, the custom of begging for clever rice is very interesting: seven good girls collect food and vegetables for jiaozi, and put a copper coin, a needle and a red date into three jiaozi. After begging, they get together to eat jiaozi. It is said that it is blessed to eat money, needles and dates skillfully.

The rain in Zhucheng, tengxian and Zouxian is called "homesick rain" or "homesick tears" because the cowherd and the weaver girl meet. Legend has it that there are very few magpies on this day in Jiaodong, Southwest Shandong and other places, and all of them have gone to build a magpie bridge. There are still similar begging customs in Zhejiang today. Such as Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou and other places, on this day, all kinds of small objects are made of flour and fried in oil, which is called "proper fruit". In the evening, suitable fruits, lotus, white lotus root and Hong Ling are displayed in the yard. A girl puts a needle on the moon to pray for the skill of weaving a girl, or catches a spider and puts it in a box. The next day, if the box has a net, it is called coincidence.

In rural Shaoxing, many young girls will secretly hide under the lush pumpkin shed that night. In the dead of night, if we can hear the whispers when the cowherd and the weaver girl meet, the girl to be married will definitely get this eternal love in the future.

In order to express people's hope that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can live a happy family life every day, in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, every household will kill a chicken on July 7, which means that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet on this night, and they will never be separated if there is no rooster crowing.

In western Guangxi, it is said that fairies want to take a bath, and drinking their bath water can ward off evil spirits, cure diseases and prolong life. The name of this water is "Double Seven Waters". On this day, when the rooster crows, people will run to the river to get water. When they got it back, they put it in a new urn for future use.

Guangzhou's Daughter's Day is very unique. Before the festival, the girls prepared colorful paper, straw and rope. And weave them into all kinds of ingenious gadgets. They also put grain seeds and mung beans in small boxes and soaked them in water to germinate them. When the flower bud grows to more than two inches long, it is used to worship the gods, which is called "worship of immortals" and "worship of vegetables". From the sixth night to the seventh night, the girls put on new clothes and jewelry for two consecutive nights. After all the arrangements are made, they burn incense and light candles and bow down to the stars, which is called "welcoming the immortals". From the third night to the fifth night, they will worship seven times in a row. After worshipping the immortals, the girls passed through the pinhole in front of the lamp shadow with colored threads in their hands. For example, those who can sew seven stitches at a time are called skillful hands, and those who can't sew seven stitches are called skillful hands losers. After Daughter's Day, the girls exchanged small crafts and toys to show their friendship.

In Fujian, on Daughter's Day, the Weaver Girl will enjoy and taste the fruit, and wish the fruit a bumper harvest in the coming year. The offerings include tea, wine, fresh fruits, hazelnuts (longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, melon seeds), flowers and pollen for women's cosmetics, incense burners, etc. Generally, after fasting and bathing, everyone takes turns to burn incense and worship the table to pray silently. Women not only seek skills, but also children, longevity, beauty and love. Then, everyone eats fruit, drinks tea and chats, while playing begging games. There are two kinds of begging games: one is "cloth bridge", that is, using a cloth tool to ask yourself whether you are smart or stupid; The other is "Jojo", that is, whoever wears the needle quickly gets Jojo, and the slow one is called "Jojo", and Jojo will give Jojo a small gift prepared in advance.

In some areas, "Daughters' Clubs" are also organized, and the "Daughters' Clubs" from all over the country gather in Zongxiang Guild Hall and put on various incense tables to offer sacrifices to the cowherd and weaver girl in the distance. Incense tables are all wrapped in paper, including flowers, fruits, rouge powder, small paper flowers, clothes, shoes, daily necessities, embroidery and so on. Daughter clubs in different regions will practice hard on the incense table and compete with each other to see who does it beautifully. Nowadays, such activities have been forgotten, and only a few ancestral halls still set up incense tables to worship the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl on this festival. The incense table is usually prepared on the seventh day of July, and the Weaver Girl is invited to give directions at night.