Japanese Children's Day is divided into Girls' Day and Boys' Day, with Girls' Day falling on March 3 and Boys' Day on May 5 every year.
Japanese Children's Day is called "Children's Day" (Japanese: こどもの日), and it is a traditional holiday. On May 5 every year, Japanese families celebrate the coming of age of their children. Prior to World War II, the holiday was known as the "Dragon Boat Festival" (端午の节句) and was a boys' holiday only, but in 1948, when it became a public holiday, it became a celebration of the happiness and well-being of all children. On the day of the festival, Japanese families hang fish-like symbols on their roofs to symbolize children's elimination of bad luck, overcoming difficulties and growing up well.
But Japan also has a separate Girls' Day on March 3, which grew out of the Shangsi Festival, and Daughters' Day is celebrated with the display of various dolls. The flying of the carp flag on the Boys' Day comes from the Chinese legend of "hoping for a son to become a dragon" and "the carp jumping over the dragon gate".
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Japanese Boys' Day was first celebrated in 1946, and is now celebrated in Japan. p>Japanese Boys' Day was officially designated as a national holiday in 1948, and includes connotations of emphasizing the development of children, praying for their success and happiness, and also thanking their mothers. Families with boys hang carp flags in their gardens on this day. Inside the house, a doll showing a heroic spirit is displayed, and outside the house, black and red carp made of paper with carp flags and seven-color flags swing in the sky in the wind as if they were swimming in the sea.
In addition, in the door also set calamus leaves, hanging Zhong Kui inside the house to drive away ghosts, eat to the evil of the cake (called "Kashiwa cake") or dumplings. Japanese people believe that the carp is a symbol of strength and courage, according to "respect for children's personalities, the pursuit of children's happiness, while thanking their mothers," the principle of the provision of this day for the national holiday.
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