How do Japanese celebrate the New Year? Why did the Japanese give up the Spring Festival?

The Japanese gave up the Spring Festival because they abolished the Spring Festival system and began to follow the international calendar, taking 65438+ 10/month 1 as the New Year. In fact, this is a change made by Japan in order to leave Asia and enter Europe.

On New Year's Eve in China, the Japanese should do a general cleaning first. They should clean up the house before making arrangements? Songmen? Small pine trees, bamboos and plum blossoms are swinging at home. Of course, now you can simply use pictures instead. Just post pictures of bamboo, plum blossoms and pine trees at the door. This is to pray for good luck.

Secondly, we should also have a big meal in the New Year, but the Japanese usually eat traditional food, such as omnivorous food, buckwheat noodles, Tu Su wine, rice cakes and so on. Some families will deliberately be vegetarian on New Year's Day and eat for three days in a row, just to pray for prosperity in the coming year, but now they don't ask for vegetarianism, and they don't care whether the family will get together for a big meal for three days.

In addition, Japanese people will visit temples or shrines on New Year's Day. On that day, the bell in the temple will ring 108. Before ringing the bell, people who go to pray will pray devoutly in front of the bell and count silently with their hands closed. This bell 108 actually represents the troubles of the past, and will be cleared up when the new year comes. Then, with the arrival of 65438+ 10 month, 1 sounded the last sound.

After praying, you should write the blessing wood chips and amulets in the temple, then burn the amulets prayed last year and hang new ones. This is to get rid of all the bad luck last year and welcome the good luck in the new year. You can also write more postcards or greeting cards to your friends and neighbors, which means sending blessings in Japan.