There are many sayings about Daughter's Day in China, and several times it is called Daughter's Day, while Japan also has Daughter's Day.
So which days are called Girls’ Day?
Below I recommend some knowledge about Girls’ Day, I hope you will find it useful.
When is Women's Day?
China's Daughter's Day: every year on the third day of March, the Dragon Boat Festival in May, and the seventh day of July are called Daughter's Day by the Chinese.
In 1988, the Guangyuan Municipal Government decided to restore this folk festival, named it "Daughter's Day", and set the festival date on September 1 of the Gregorian calendar.
When is the Chinese Women's Day in 2017: March 30, 2017, the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, Women's Day, Thursday May 30, 2017, the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, Women's Day, Tuesday, August 28, 2017, Monday
, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Doll's Day, July 11, 2017 Doll's Day, September 1, Monday, Lunar New Year, when is Doll's Day in Japan in 2017: March 3, 2017, the sixth day of the second lunar month, Doll's Day, Friday in China
The origin and statement of Daughter's Day is the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, which is the last day.
In ancient times, the first March of the third month of the lunar calendar was called "Shangsi".
The third day of March is every fourth day.
On this day, people spread shepherd's purse flowers on the stove and sit there to sleep, thinking that they can kill ants and other insects; they hide the shepherd's purse flowers and tung flowers in sweaters and down jackets, thinking that the clothes will not be eaten by insects; women put the shepherd's purse flowers on
Wear it on your head, thinking you can avoid headaches and sleep well at night.
Shangsi is also called Daughter's Day.
Pan Rongbi's "Jingdi's Years of Success" also said under "Duanyang": "The day of keeping time is the Daughter's Day. Chinese Valentine's Day is also the Daughter's Day, a traditional festival of the Chinese Han people, and a popular Daughter's Day in Guangyuan, Sichuan. According to legend, Wu Zetian's mother in the Tang Dynasty
Guangyuan was pregnant with the black dragon when she was visiting Hewan. Wu Zetian of Hiuke was born on the 23rd day of the first lunar month. In ancient times, people used this day as the meeting place for Wu Zetian. On this day, people flocked to Huangze Temple, Zetianba, and the Jialing River.
Women wearing new clothes invited each other to swim along the river bend for good luck. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, this activity was temporarily suspended. In 1988, the Guangyuan Municipal Government decided to revive this folk festival and named it "Daughter's Day".
And the date of the festival is September 1st in the Gregorian calendar. The origin of Japanese Girl's Day. Japanese Girl's Day is also called Shangsi or Peach Day. In the Muromachi period of Japanese history, it was a custom to make paper dolls and throw them into the river and sea.
This is a custom. People believe that drifting dolls will bring away diseases and disasters. During the Edo period, the shogunate officially designated March 3 as Doll's Day every year. Every year, about half a month before Doll's Day to the day of the festival, Japanese folk will hold a grand ceremony.
It is a celebration to pray for girls to grow up healthily and happily. At this time, families with girls will wear exquisitely crafted and gorgeous palace costume dolls to wish girls happiness, peace and healthy growth. Girls' Day has a long history in Japan.
It is called "Young Matsuri" in Japanese. What to eat on Girls' Day in Japan? Oyster soup: Shellfish come in pairs, which means that the girl will marry a good family in the future. Chirashi Sushi: Shrimp, which symbolizes longevity, is added to Chirashi Sushi.
Lotus root with a broad view and beans, which symbolize health and hard work, are ingredients that bring good luck, plus green leaves, carrots, shredded eggs, etc., and the scattered sushi is made into a colorful dish that symbolizes the warmth of spring.
A must-have delicacy for Doll's Festival. Dry okonomiyaki (ぁられ): Usually pink, green, yellow and white, each color represents spring, summer, autumn and winter. It is a sweet popcorn from the Kanto region and is one centimeter in diameter.
The salty fried sesame on the left is a kind of food in ancient times. It is composed of three layers: pink, green and white. Pink represents peach blossoms, green symbolizes vegetation, and white represents snow. The whole expression is that the snow has melted and the vegetation has sprouted.
The peach blossoms are blooming and spring is here. The most common custom of Daughter's Day in various parts of China is women's begging. Most of them are doing needlework, making small items and placing some fruits for begging.
The method is different and very interesting. In Jinan, Huimin, Gaoqing and other places in Shandong, begging activities are very simple. If there are happy spiders spinning webs on the fruits, it means begging is very skillful.
, in Juancheng, Caoxian, Pingyuan and other places, the custom of begging for clever rice is very interesting: seven good girls collect grain and vegetables for dumplings, and put a copper coin, a needle and a red date into three dumplings respectively.
After the begging activity, they gathered together to eat dumplings. They all said that eating money would bring good luck, eating needles skillfully would bring good luck, and getting married early would bring good luck.
"Rain" or "tears of lovesickness". It is said in Jiaodong, southwestern Shandong and other places that there are very few magpies on this day, and they all go to the sky to build magpie bridges.
There is still a similar custom of begging in Zhejiang today.
In places such as Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou and other places, on this day, various small objects are made with flour, fried in oil and called "zhengguo".
In the evening, appropriate fruits, lotus flowers, white lotus roots and red water chestnuts are displayed in the yard.
Girls thread needles in the moon to pray for the Weaver Girl's skills, or catch a spider and put it in a box.