In 1882 (during the Meiji Restoration), Japan abolished the lunar calendar, since then New Year's Day has become the most important festival of the year, the Japanese New Year is also called "New Year", in terms of customs and habits and China have many similarities, today to understand how the Japanese new year?
Japanese "Spring Festival Gala"
We Chinese there is a Spring Festival Gala to watch in the New Year, but what about the Japanese?
Japanese people have red and white songs to watch.
The Red and White Song Festival, also known in Japanese as The Red and White Song Festival, is held annually by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) and is a singing evening that represents the highest standard in Japan. The contestants are the most powerful, popular, good character singers selected from the Japanese music scene that year, and are loved by the majority of fans. Singers are divided into two teams according to gender, with female singers forming a red team and male singers forming a white team. The competition usually consists of red singers first, after which the two teams of singers alternate, and the contestants can be a soloist or a multiplayer group.
The above are the singers who appeared in this year's Red and White Song Festival, all of whom are the hottest artists at the moment ~ Who are you most looking forward to?
Year-end party
There are really a lot of Japanese people who will meet this and that, welcome party, farewell party, second meeting, year-end meeting... But the Japanese themselves enjoy it
The Year-end Party, as the name suggests, is a banquet held to forget the fatigue and hardships of the old year.
The busiest time of the year for major hotels is December, and all kinds of reservations are rushed. Because the person in charge of the "Year-end Meeting" needs to make a reservation at least one month in advance.
Listen to the Chinese New Year's Eve bells ring
Japanese people live a "solar calendar year", equivalent to the first day of the Lunar New Year, and around 12:00 midnight on December 31, there is a New Year's Eve ceremony in Japanese Buddhist temples, that is, hitting the bell one hundred and eight times. The moral is to eliminate the troubles of sentient beings.
This custom has been passed down for a long time, and like our people who will go to incense, as soon as the bell rings Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone will flock to the temple to pray for themselves, their families, and friends to be blessed by the gods in the new year.
And no matter what kind of shrine, even if there are very few people in ordinary times, many people will go there on this day.
Japanese New Year card
Although greeting cards such as greeting cards are already dispensable in this era of advanced networks, they are traditional culture in Japan.
Since the beginning of December, long queues have begun in places such as the post office, and people have begun to join the queue to buy New Year card postcards.
In the eyes of the Japanese, the form of blessings on the Internet lacks much sincerity, heart and weight compared to their handwritten New Year cards.
Japanese Chinese New Year's Eve meal
1. Imperial cuisine
At the beginning of the year, Japanese people eat a traditional New Year dish that has been passed down since ancient times, called "Miyako cuisine". Imperial cuisine symbolizes auspiciousness.
In fact, there are not only new year's day in Japan , but also five major festivals in Japan , including ren's day (January 7), Shangmi festival (March 3), Dragon Boat Festival (May 5), Tanabata (July 7), and Chongyang festival (September 9), on which there is a habit of introducing imperial festival dishes, which means a good harvest of grains and the safety and health of the whole family.
2. Mirror cake
Mirror cake (かがみもち) refers to a flat round rice cake dedicated to the gods, and Japanese families decorate their homes during the New Year to pray for all the good and safe new year.
Money
Japanese people also have money to pay for the year! During the New Year period, the elders have to give some money to the underage juniors, which is called "Imperial Year Jade" (お年玉) in Japanese. Imperial jade has traditionally been used in white envelopes, but in recent years there have been different patterns of envelopes. The amount depends on the age of the junior and the relationship with them.
How did everyone spend New Year's Day? Be sure to welcome the New Year with joy!
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