3月3日 － ひな祭り
In Japan, March 3rd is the Hina Matsuri (Doll's Festival) or Girls' Day. This tradition originates from China where bad luck was tranfered to paper dolls. The dolls, and the bad luck, were then disposed of in a river.
This holiday began in Japan in the Edo period (17th-19th centuries) and it remains a holiday symbolic of Japanese art and custom. On this day, Japanese people wish good luck and fortune to their young female family members. Peach blossoms and ceremonial dolls (hina-ningyo) are displayed throughout the house. Peach blossoms are a symbol of femininity and a happy marriage. The dolls are artfully crafted replicas of ancient emporers and empresses (Dairi-sama) and their subordinates. A complete set of hina usually consists of about 15 dolls and various replicas of household items. These sets can be quite elaborate and very expensive. The display is put in the best room of the house for only a couple days of the year.
To celebrate, people eat chirashi sushi and drink sweet sake.
posted by melissa at 11:18 午後
3 Comments:
That was very informative. Thank you for fulfilling my daily quota of new knowledge.
oh, right.
that's what them weird dolls are for
I know, I know. Very dry, very boring.
I've been worrying that my blog has become a collection of "I get drunk; I go snowboarding; I don't like jboys, etc etc etc" so I thought I'd add some culture into the thing...
Although I guess if people are still reading it they aren't totally bored with my inane ramblings.
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