What festivals are there in Japan?

Japan holds some festivals every year, and friends who travel to Japan can participate. The following small series will introduce you to Japanese festivals. You can learn about these activities in Xi 'an and then take part in them at the right time.

Matsuri, Gion, Kyoto: "Mobile Art Museum"

It has a history of 1000 years to offer sacrifices to Gion in Kyoto. According to legend, it was originally an activity initiated by people to set up floats in the streets and wander around in order to appease the gods in charge of diseases. Now it has become one of the important local cultural symbols.

The highlight of Song Li Garden is the float parade. The luxurious parade consists of about 30 floats called "Mountain Spears". Each float is decorated with exquisite handicrafts such as textiles, printing and dyeing products and sculptures. So it is also called "Mobile Art Museum".

Venue: Sakamoto Shrine, Asahara-machi, Kyoto City.

Tenjin Matsuri, Osaka: The biggest underwater celebration in the world.

Tenjin Matsuri is a festival in memory of Sugawara no michizane (845-903), the "God of knowledge and art". This is the biggest water celebration in the world.

During the festival, traditional Japanese art performances, such as Divine Music (music played when offering sacrifices to gods) and artistic music (puppet show), are held all over the city. The biggest attraction is the "Lu Duyu" where 3,000 people dressed in the palace costumes of Nara Heian period (865,438+02 century) walked slowly in sacred sedan chairs, and the "boat Duyu" where the above-mentioned people took about 65,438+000 boats from Tianman Bridge upstream.

Venue: Tianjin Bridge, Shibei District, Osaka, 2- 1-8 days full of palaces.

Akita Lantern Festival: Wonderful shock

Lantern Festival is a sacrificial ceremony to drive away diseases and evil spirits and the sandman in midsummer. The real charm of the polished rod lies in acting. Performers not only judge the wind direction and maintain balance from the subtle actions of offering sacrifices to gods and exorcising evil spirits, but also place pole lights as high as 15 meters on their foreheads and waists, which is simple to operate.

The "light pole skills" in the festival are divided into holding, palm, forehead, shoulder and waist, which require very high skills of pole holders, so the whole festival is also very exciting and shocking.

Venue: Gandeng Street, Akita City, Akita Prefecture (Erdingmu Bridge, Shanwang Cross Road)

Fukushima Straw Shoes Festival: Let's dance together

Sacrifice for the purpose of praying for a safe journey. Celebrations usually last for two days: on the first day, people will parade in the venue wearing straw sandals with a length of 12 meters and a weight of 2 tons. Then, everyone joined the reggae-style Pingcheng sandals tune and danced a brilliant (ghost) and beautiful (animal) dance in the field until the end;

Primary school students, ladies and other different teams will have a lively straw sandals race. Finally, everyone will dance a warm "soda dance" until the end of the activity.

Hip traditional dance, men, women and children go into battle together, everyone dances together.

Location: Xinfutong, National Highway 13

Hokkaido navel sacrifice: spicy eyes!

Furano, a famous flower viewing resort, is located in the center of Hokkaido, so it is called "the navel of Hokkaido". More than 40 years ago, the local people's brains were wide open, and they simply began to celebrate in the name of "navel", praying for good health and smooth life.

During festivals, participants will draw exaggerated "faces" on their stomachs with brushes, then put on big hats to cover their arms and faces, and then put on special pants. They will belly dance in the street with the music, and they look like funny clowns dancing in the street.

Venue: JR Furano Station Street, Furano, Hokkaido