Children's Day (Japan)

Children's Day is a Japanese celebratory holiday held on May 5 every year, the last celebration of Golden Week. This is the day left to respect the character of the child and celebrate their happiness. It was designated as a national holiday by the Japanese government in 1948. It is a celebration day of Japan from a long time ago.

This day was called Tango's section (Dragon Boat Festival), one of the five annual ceremonies originally held at the emperor's court, celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth calendar of the Chinese calendar It was. After Japan was changed to the Gregorian calendar, the date was changed in May [2], originally to celebrate men to admit his father, but later changed to include boys and girls.

Until 1948, the child's day was called a boy's day (aka banner feast) and the girl's day (Hinamatsuri) was celebrated in March. At that time, the government issued an order to make this day a national holiday to celebrate the happiness of the people. The children expressed their appreciation to their mother. Hello children. [3]

On this day, the family raised the squash's Koinobori logo (Squid, for the Chinese legend, the squid which was swimming upstream of the squid flew to heaven as a dragon. [4] And the flag in the wind It seems like swimming). Squid is for father, one for mother, and one squid for each child (traditionally all sons). Because their tradition is a symbol of strength and vitality, families also usually ride a large catfish (usually representing Kintaro or Momotaro of a Japanese ethnic hero) or a traditional Japanese army helmet Kabuto and a samurai doll You can show. [3]

On this day, you can eat rice cake of hemp traditionally wrapped in azuki - mochi and chimaki ("sweet rice wrapped with irises and bamboo leaves"). [3] [5]

Last Saturday was the child day of Japan which is the last day of Golden Week. While we may know that this week is an inconvenient break for some animations and cartoons, it has become a tradition of Japan and experienced some changes over time. We decided not to laugh, but to celebrate with them. Adélie (Space Dandy) - Most of the characters on this list are the backbone of each show, but Adélie does not need so much time to make a big difference. From a group of mentally moving aliens, Adley is a surprisingly powerful and independent child, most of which preserve her forefront after losing her single mother. She agreed that she would go to Dandy and Alien Registration Center if she took her to visit the apartment where she thought her grandfather had lived. During the trip they expressed warm respect for each other.

On May 5th, Children's Day Children's Day is welcomed, it is a national day since 1948, celebrating the happiness of all children, I express appreciation to my mother. There has been a long tradition of celebrating child's day twice a year since the 8th century; March 3 is a girl and May 5 is a boy. Also known as the Puppet Festival on March 3, the Japanese decorated their families with traditional Ping An era doll set and plum blossoms, and drunk alcohol. Also known as noon SEC on May 5, they skipped the squid streamer outside, showed a Samurai doll and eat Timaki

Origami was taught in school in Japan, but today children usually teach origami at home. You can celebrate the holiday with homemade colorful origami decorations. On a child's day (previous boy's day), the children make a colorful squid: fish that swim upstream and flow over the river. This symbolizes strength. In the summer, Star Festival celebrates Tanabata. Bamboo branches decorated with origami stars that are reminiscent of decorative Christmas trees and other paper decorations