What festivals are there in Japan! Do the Japanese also celebrate the Spring Festival?

1, Japanese folk festivals

New Year's Day (65438+1 October1): This day congratulates the arrival of the New Year. The three days from New Year's Day to 65438+ 10 3 are called "the first month" and don't work at all. In the new year, people visit shrines or friends' homes to celebrate the New Year, drink and eat unique food. Children play Japanese cards, fly kites and play badminton. In the new year, pulling a straw rope and inserting pine branches on the door means "inserting trees to welcome the arrival of the gods" The time for decorating pine branches is 1 to 7, which is also called "Songnei".

Girls' Day (March 3rd): A festival to wish girls happiness in the future. On this day, people imitate the custom of the old court, put beautiful puppets and peach blossoms together and drink sweet wine made of glutinous rice.

Dragon Boat Festival (May 5th, also called Boys' Day): A festival to wish boys healthy growth. On this day, people decorate samurai puppets, put squid on the eaves, put up carp flags and eat cypress cakes.

Qixi (July 7th): This day celebrates the annual meeting between Altair and Vega on both sides of the Milky Way. People offer corn and eggplant in front of the courtyard, decorate colorful poems on thin bamboo, and pray that girls' skills are as dexterous as weaver girls.

Orchid Festival (August 15 or so): On this day, people who work in the city will go back to their hometowns and offer a lot of food in front of their ancestors' graves to pray for their blessings. People living in small towns and rural areas have to wear summer kimonos and dance obon.

Appreciating the Moon (the night of August 15 and September 13 of the lunar calendar): When the moon is full, doors and windows are decorated with maimang, and the moon god is worshipped with wine and jiaozi, hoping for a calm and beautiful autumn.

The other shore (7 days before and after the vernal equinox and autumnal equinox): During this period, ancestors were sacrificed, Buddhist ceremonies were held, and graves were swept.

Sections 7, 5 and 3 (165438+1October 15): Every year, 65438+1October 15, boys aged 3 and 5 and girls aged 3 and 7 wear bright kimonos to pay homage. Japanese people think odd numbers are auspicious numbers, so they choose these three ages.

2. Legal holidays in Japan-There are 12 legal national holidays in Japan, during which schools, institutions and enterprises have holidays.

New Year's Day (65438+1 October1): Celebrate the beginning of the new year.

Adult Festival (65438+ 10/5): On this day, young people who have grown up gather in various places to hold celebrations and encourage them to go forward.

People's Republic of China (PRC)'s founding anniversary (February 1 1): To commemorate the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the first emperor's accession to the throne in 660 BC.

Vernal equinox (vernal equinox on the calendar): praise nature and care for life.

Emperor's Birthday (65438+February 23rd): The emperor and queen received greetings from the palace ladies.

Constitution Memorial Day (May 3rd): Commemorating the implementation of the national constitution (May 3rd, 1947).

Children's Day (May 5th): Respect children's personality, seek their happiness and thank their mothers.

Respect for the Elderly Festival (September 15): All localities gather the elderly, hold performance parties and present souvenirs to congratulate them on their longevity.

Mid-Autumn Festival (vernal equinox on the calendar): Respect ancestors and miss the dead.

Sports Festival (10, 10): Love sports activities and cultivate healthy bodies. It was established to commemorate the Tokyo International Olympic Games held on 1964 and 10.

Cultural Festival (165438+10.3): Before 1945, this day was celebrated as the birthday of Emperor Meiji. After the war, its theme was defined as "love freedom, love equality and promote cultural development."

Thanks for Industry Festival (165438+1October 23rd): promote industry and celebrate production development, and citizens thank each other.

3. Local traditional activities

"Snow House" in Yokosuga, Akita Prefecture (during the New Year): Make a snow house about 2 meters long and wide, with an altar in the middle to worship the water god. In the evening, several children gathered in the igloo, drinking sweet wine and eating biscuits.

Sapporo Snow Festival (the first Friday to Sunday in February): On the day of the Snow Festival, all kinds of snowmen are arranged with animals, myths and legends as the theme. It is usually held in Sapporo's main street park.

"Dunda Festival" in Hakata (May 3rd to15th): The so-called "Dunda" means "holiday" in Dutch Zondag. People dressed as mythical gods rode horses or let children dressed in costumes stand on floats, and marched through the market in droves, in addition to holding various cultural performances.

★ Do Japanese celebrate the Spring Festival?

The Japanese don't celebrate the Spring Festival. The first month they say is our New Year's Day. It's dark, which is equivalent to our New Year's Eve. They don't eat jiaozi, but we call it rice cake. You see, the combination of red and white songs is the popular singer of that year. Men and women compete to sing and then win or lose. That's my understanding. 65438+ 10 1 They usually go to the shrine to pay homage and pray. Japanese people have more activities.

In ancient Japan, like China, China New Year was celebrated according to the Lunar New Year. However, more than 100 years ago, the Japanese Ming-Han Reform abolished the calendar customs handed down from China and followed the example of the West to celebrate Christmas and New Year. Therefore, in today's Japanese calendar, China's Spring Festival only has the word "Old New Year's Day". Except for overseas Chinese in Zhonghua Street in Yokohama, the Spring Festival holidays in China are all based on the lunar calendar in China. Other Japanese people are very vague about traditional lunar festivals. Okinawa still retains the custom of the Lunar New Year. During the Qing Dynasty, this area was similar to China.

The Japanese call 65438+February 3 1 "Great Dark Day", that is, New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, temples in urban and rural areas ring bells 108 to exorcise evil spirits, while the Japanese sit still and listen to the "Night Bell". When the bell stops, it means the arrival of a new year.

The Japanese call the New Year "the right day". 1 3 is "Three Congratulations Day". On Sunday, the younger generation will go to their parents' home to pay New Year greetings, and then to their relatives and friends' home to pay New Year greetings.