Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - A detailed introduction to Japan's ① Haiku ② Ancient Literary Genres ③ Clothing Culture ④ Traditional Kendo and Music.

A detailed introduction to Japan's ① Haiku ② Ancient Literary Genres ③ Clothing Culture ④ Traditional Kendo and Music.

Haiku is a classical Japanese short poem consisting of seventeen character sounds, which is strictly limited by the "seasonal language". It originated from the Japanese forms of renga and haiku. At the same time, it developed in China in the form of a small daily poem.

Objective literature is a genre of classical Japanese literature that arose in the Heian period (early 10th century AD). It was formed on the basis of Japanese folk commentary and received influence from the legendary literature of the Six Dynasties and the Sui and Tang dynasties in China. At its inception, object literature was divided into two main categories, fictional object literature and song object literature.

Today, kimonos are less and less common. Older people used to wear kimonos when they were young, and still do. Waiters in some traditional restaurants and those who teach traditional Japanese arts such as dance and Hanamichi also wear kimonos. However, it is true that kimonos are cumbersome to wear and inconvenient to move around in compared to Western clothing, and have in fact disappeared as a practical and everyday garment.

Nevertheless, the kimono is rooted in the lives of the Japanese people and is still worn on certain important occasions. These occasions include: New Year's worship, New Year's parties, Bar Mitzvahs, university graduation ceremonies, weddings, and other important festivals and formal gatherings. On these occasions, girls and married women wear the beautiful and glamorous "shinko" or long-sleeved kimono, whose exquisite design is part of the traditional Japanese culture that still thrives today.

Traditional Japanese Bonhomme music is characterized by the absence of the "re" and "so" sounds in the common tones of "do re mi fa so la xi do". two tones in the common tones "re" and "so". A typical example is "Sakura".