What does it mean that the Japanese like to hang a white doll in their windows on rainy days?

Sunny day dolls are also known as sunny day lady, sunny day granny, sunny day monk. Popular in rural China and Japan, it is a type of doll that is hung on the eaves of a house to pray for a sunny day.

The original name of the Haruhi doll was Sokushiniang, which was introduced to Japan from China. Japan first used characters related to magic such as Sokushiniang and Monk Sokushiniang because it was believed that only people with magic could sweep the sunny sky, so nowadays Sokushiniang has a bald head. You must be wondering why it is called "Niang" when it is a man, but it is because in China, it is called "Sweeping Haruhi Niang" (扫除晴天姑娘), and the exact time when it was introduced to Japan is not clear, but it is certain that it was introduced a long, long time ago. In China, the Harutora is dressed in green and red pants with a broom in her left hand. All we see are Japanese folk Harutora!

There is a legend in China that during the Qin Dynasty, wars were brutal, and battle honors were calculated by the number of the enemy's left ear or the number of heads. Legend has it that during the Qin Dynasty, once a battle was over, the army would wrap and tie the heads of the more particularly significant enemies in white cloth and hang them upside down with a rope on the battlefield. Later, because this form was too cumbersome, they simply used small white cloth puppets in the shape of today's Haruhi dolls, with each Haruhi doll representing a head. Slowly, these white cloth dolls became associated with rituals and became symbols of ritual significance. As for the later popular sunny day dolls and rainy day dolls in Japan, they are just the result of the later development of this ritual character

It is said that the sunny day dolls originated from the folklore of northwest China, and there are three kinds of sayings:

Stopping the rain: this is also where the name of the sunny day dolls came from, the poem: "Rolling up the sleeves and dragging down the clothes and holding a broom, hanging to the cloudy sky and then shaking the hand. "

Reproductive worship: One theory is that the Hariten doll is a god of the sky, and has the meaning of praying for a prosperous progeny. This theory originated in China.

Substitute: The Japanese believe that Haruhi dolls can take the place of people in suffering disasters and illnesses. There is a song:

Sunny day doll, sunny day doll, I hope tomorrow is a good day. If it is, a golden bell will be given to you.

Sunny day doll, sunny day doll, may tomorrow be a good day. If so, a delicious wine for you.

Sunny day doll, sunny day doll, may tomorrow be a good day. If it isn't, I'll cut your head off