What is the name of the little white ragdoll that hangs from the beams of the house in Clever One?

Category: Society/Culture >> Folklore & Traditions

Description of the problem:

What is his origin? What does it stand for?

Ans:

That is the Sunny Day Doll.

The Haruhi doll is also known as the Haruhi Lady, the Haruhi Woman, the Haruhi Monk, and in Japanese as the "Shoru Shoru Boss". Popular in rural China and Japan, it is a kind of cloth doll hung on the eaves of a house to pray for a clear sky. The custom has long been lost in China, but it has been preserved in Japan.

One of the biggest functions of the sunny day dolls is to stop the rain, which is also the origin of the name of the sunny day dolls, as evidenced by the poem: "Rolling up the sleeves and pulling down the clothes with a broom in his hand, he hangs it to the cloudy sky and shakes his hand."

Also in China, there is a saying that the Sunny Day Doll is the god of heaven, and it means praying for the prosperity of the children and grandchildren.

In Japan, Haruhi dolls have another meaning, that is, they are substitutes: the Japanese believe that Haruhi dolls can take the place of people who suffer from disasters and illnesses. Ikkyuu was sent to a temple for training at a very young age, and his mother gave him this little doll before saying goodbye, which means that she hoped that this Harutora doll could bear disasters and illnesses on Ikkyuu's behalf, and wished Ikkyuu a safe life.

Appearance:

Chinese Haruhi dolls are often made in the form of cloth or paper cutouts, with a broom in one hand and a lotus flower cut out of the head.

Japanese Haruhi dolls are made by wrapping ping pong balls or cotton balls in a square handkerchief and drawing the five senses on the ball.