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Festival (February 3rd): It is a festival for Japanese people to exorcise evil spirits, welcome spring and wish happiness. On February 3rd every year, special exorcism ceremonies are held in temples and shrines to show that evil spirits are driven out and lucky gods are welcomed. There are "Fudou" specially sold in the shop for saving money. According to Japanese folklore, on this day, if you eat the same number of "blessed beans" as your age, you will be disease-free and disaster-free.

Puppet Festival (March 3rd): Also called "Girls' Day". On this festival, men, women and children in every household will drink white rice wine brewed with glutinous rice and get together to congratulate the girls. Although the customs of Girls' Day are different in different parts of Japan, every family with a girl, parents, especially grandparents, must buy a set of beautiful dolls for her on March 3 of the year when she turns one year old. These puppets, which girls have got since they were one year old, will be displayed in the living room on March 3 every year until they leave their parents and get married.

Sakura Festival (March 15-April 15): Sakura is the national flower of Japan. Every year from mid-March to mid-April, it is the cherry blossom season in Japan from south to north. People put a sumptuous banquet under the cherry tree, or get together with their families, or invite three or five friends to drink and get drunk while reciting poems and painting. Young men and women chase and play among the cherry blossoms, making love, and more people bring rice wine and picnic food, enjoy the flowers and play until late. Cherry blossoms in Lanshan and Yuanshan Park in Kyoto attract many tourists every year. Ueno Park, Shinjuku Imperial Garden, Thousand Birds Garden and Sumida Park are also famous cherry blossom gardens.

Mountaineering Festival (July 1-August 21): Japan is a mountainous island country, and the Japanese have been fond of mountaineering since ancient times. Every year, July 1-August 21 is the Mountaineering Festival. The highest peak in Japan is Mount Fuji, about 81 kilometers from Tokyo in the middle of Honshu Island. It is the pride and symbol of Japan and the "holy mountain" in the eyes of the Japanese. In the past, the Japanese regarded climbing Mount Fuji as a feat. Only when a man climbs the top of this "holy mountain" will he not be ridiculed as "worthless". In the mountaineering festival, the foot of Mount Fuji is particularly lively. Not only the Japanese family living nearby went out, but also many energetic young people came from far away cities or villages to participate in the annual mountaineering activities. Young people sleep in the wild, swim and fish in the rippling Fuji Five Lakes, take a bath in the mountain hot springs, enjoy the lakes and mountains, watch the waterfalls and sunrise in the mountains, and there is a lively and happy atmosphere in the mountains and mountains.

Qixi (July 7th): This is a product of the combination of Chinese customs and Japanese customs, also known as Qixi Festival. It turns out that this day is a day to celebrate the annual meeting between Vega and Altair, which are separated from each other by the Milky Way. Now on this day every year, people tie a note with their wishes on a bamboo branch with leaves, hoping that their wishes will come true as soon as possible.

Bonin Festival (around August 5th): It is the biggest traditional festival among Japanese people, also known as "Ghost Festival" and "Lantern Festival". Originally, it was a ceremony held by Buddhists to worship the spirits of their ancestors and pray for the blessings of the dead. The Japanese believe that if no one prays for the dead, those dead will never cross over, and soothing the dead will make their lives better. The annual Bonin Festival celebration, with more and more incense, has become a day for Japanese family reunion and village entertainment. The Bonin Festival is just in the summer vacation, so most families pack up and prepare for a long trip. People who work outside the home go back to their hometown to participate in the celebration of the Bonin Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival (August 5th, September 3rd): Japanese people used to call it "See the Moon", which is held at the full moon on August 5th and September 3rd every year. At this time, people decorate the houses with awn grass, offer wine and glutinous rice dumplings to the moon, and enjoy the moon with their families. Some places, like China, have the habit of eating moon cakes.

Double Ninth Festival (September 9th): It is commonly called "Imperial Nine Festival", also known as "Imperial Palace Day". As a festival of Cai events in autumn, it is especially popular in Kyushu, and some places even celebrate "March 9" (that is, September 9, 19 and 29). Some places have the habit of eating eggplant and drinking chrysanthemum wine on this day.

July 53 (15/11): July 53 is a unique festival in Japan. Every October 5, families with 5-year-old boys and 3-year-old and 7-year-old girls will definitely let their children wear bright kimonos and visit the shrine. May God bless their healthy and smooth growth. On this day, all children will eat "red bean rice" and "chitose candy", which is a red or white bar candy specially made to celebrate the "July 53". I hope that children can be lively and healthy and live forever after eating it. In ancient times, the Japanese regarded odd numbers as auspicious numbers, among which "753" was the most taboo number.

Christmas (February 25th): Christmas is very popular in Japan. On this day, children can get the gift of "Santa Claus" prepared by adults, just like in the west.

festivals and customs in Singapore

various ethnic groups in Singapore have different festivals and customs according to their own calendars. Chinese people have many traditional festivals, such as Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Vesak Festival.

Lunar New Year

is an important festival, and there are many unique customs. For example, every household should clean up, put Spring Festival couplets on the door, and put the word "Fu" upside down. On New Year's Eve, the whole family should have a reunion dinner together, and the children should stay up to prolong their life. At midnight, parents should worship their ancestors. At the beginning of the New Year's Eve, the younger generation should bring oranges to their elders to pay New Year's greetings, and the elders should give them "blessings". Wear new clothes, speak auspicious words and eat well during the Spring Festival. For example, fish symbolizes that there is more than enough money every year, rice cake represents that it rises year by year, Nostoc flagelliforme represents making a fortune, and oranges represent Geely. Generally, Chinese people don't sweep the floor on New Year's Day, or their good luck will be swept away. During the Chinese New Year, Chinese people like to go to Chinatown to buy new year's goods. During the Spring Festival, there are also lion dance and dragon dance teams composed of associations to give wonderful performances. The government also held activities such as "Spring Arrives at the Riverside to Welcome the New Year" and a makeup parade, which added a rich festive atmosphere.

Qingming Festival

is a traditional festival for Chinese people to remember their ancestors. Two weeks before and after Qingming Festival, people will bring sacrifices and flowers to the cemetery to sweep graves and worship their ancestors.

The Dragon Boat Festival

was originally the anniversary of Quyuan's investment in the river, but now it has developed into a festival of making zongzi to worship the gods. Singapore holds dragon boat races every Dragon Boat Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival

commonly known as Ghost Festival, from the first day to the thirtieth day of the seventh lunar month, an altar will be set up to worship the ghost of the Lord for a whole month. During this period, there will be banquets, performances on the stage, shouting blessings and other activities, which are very lively.

Vesak Day

On April 15th of the lunar calendar, it is the anniversary of the birth, enlightenment and nirvana of Buddha Sakyamuni. A few days before the festival, the Buddhist Association of Singapore began to hold a series of celebrations, and various Buddhist groups and temples decorated their lanterns and shined brightly, symbolizing the glory of the Buddha shining on the world from generation to generation.

Eid al-Fitr

The most important festival in Malays is Eid al-Fitr. Every year in September, Muslims will fast from sunrise to sunset, and they can't break the fast until they see the new moon one month after fasting. Muslims will clean up their homes, decorate them, put on newly sewn traditional clothes and prepare all kinds of gourmet cakes to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. The lively atmosphere is comparable to that of Chinese Spring Festival.

Hazi Festival

is an important religious ceremony held the next day after Muslims make a pilgrimage to the Muslim holy land. The festival is scheduled for the tenth day of Ramadan, and the celebration ceremony is mainly to slaughter cattle and sheep. Thank God.

Dabaosen Festival

is an Indian festival, also known as Demon Slayer Festival or Lantern Festival. Every family will clean their houses and light lights around their houses to welcome the patron saint and the goddess of luck. Hindu Hindus will hold a grand celebration and parade with idols in cars to celebrate. Some believers carry iron frames and stab silver needles to express their gratitude or atonement to God. The celebration center is in Little India.

Christmas

is on December 25th, which is a festival to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. The Christian church will hold a special celebration ceremony, and believers will also sing hymns and visit their families. Every Christmas, the Orchard Road area will be decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and all major commercial buildings will be decorated to attract people. The whole street is full of festive atmosphere.

Good Friday and Easter

Good Friday is on the third Sunday in April every year. It is a solemn festival to commemorate the sacrifice of Jesus. The Sunday after Good Friday is Easter to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Good Friday and Easter are both festivals of remembrance and gratitude.

South Korea

Spring Festival

The Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival in Korean life, which is called "the first year of the year" and "January" like China. Before the festival, a lot of delicious food will be made. Near midnight on New Year's Eve, the whole family will sit in the house to celebrate the new year. On Lunar Festival, boys fly kites, girls jump on the springboard, and adults also express their desire to exorcise evil spirits and pray for a bumper harvest through various forms. During the Spring Festival, we should pay homage to the elderly at home, and the elderly will give their children and grandchildren "lucky money".

On the morning of January, friends meet and wish each other well. In the evening, there is a custom of "burning hair". Put the hair that fell off during the golden week trip of the fifth anniversary of Letu nomad tribe in Tibet last year in a dressing box, and put it outside the door in the evening of January to ward off evil spirits and ward off plague.

Shangyuan Festival

"Shangyuan" refers to the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar. Shangyuan Festival generally begins on the 14th day of the first month, so it is also called "Little Shangyuan" on the 14th and "Big Shangyuan" on the 15th.

"medicinal rice" is a good meal for the Shangyuan Festival, which is not only used for home consumption, but also used for entertaining guests and offering sacrifices to ancestors. First steam the glutinous rice a little, then add honey, chestnut, jujube, oil, sauce, etc. and then steam it, that is, make it into a "medicinal rice". Because honey was regarded as medicine at that time, this kind of rice mixed with honey was called "medicinal rice"

Before breakfast on the fifteenth day of the first month, all men, women and children drink "Erming wine". It is said that drinking this wine not only makes people "hear clearly", but also can always hear good news. Eating three meals will bring good luck, so neighbors always taste each other after cooking.

the fifteenth day of the first month is full of excitement. In addition to entertainment such as springboard and throwing bones, games such as tug-of-war, stone war, stepping on the ground and torch war are also played between adjacent villages.

Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival is another biggest traditional festival except Spring Festival in a year. On this day, women want to wash their hair with calamus, and cut the roots of calamus into hairpins, engraved with the words "blessing and longevity" and inserted in their heads, which is said to dispel evil spirits. The most representative festival activity is that women play on swings. Under the big tree or next to the swing frame, women dressed in colorful national costumes, either single or double, or people's attention, stepped on the pedals and swung into the blue sky, and their colorful skirts danced in the air.

Mid-Autumn Festival

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, children who work outside the home usually go home for reunion, and people who are busy with farm work in spring and summer enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables. On this day, people make all kinds of delicious food from new grain to pay homage to their ancestral graves, no matter how far away from home. After arriving at the cemetery, first go to the grave, then put food on the sacrificial table, pour wine and kowtow in turn (the elders first), and hold worship.

Women's collective weaving competition is a unique folk activity in Mid-Autumn Festival. In addition, there are wrestling and swinging.

Malaysia

Spring Festival

The first day of the first lunar month is the Chinese New Year, and the holiday customs are roughly the same as those of the Chinese Han people.

The Great Baosen Festival

is held every year from late October to early February. It is a dedication ceremony for Hindus to the Indian god LORDMURUGAN. Believers wear shackles, carry flowers and fruits and make wishes to God.

Eid al-Fitr

is the most important festival for Malays. Every September in the Islamic calendar, Muslims all over the country will fast during the day, and the first day after Ramadan is Eid al-Fitr. On the eve of the festival, Muslims will make charitable donations. On the morning of the festival, Muslims hold a grand prayer ceremony in the church and then congratulate each other. During the festival, people rush home from all directions to reunite with their relatives, and relatives and friends visit each other to congratulate the festival.

Buddha's Day

The birthday of Buddha Sakyamuni (May 25th) is also a day to commemorate the Buddha's enlightenment and death. In the early morning of this day, all Buddhists burn incense and worship, everyone is vegetarian, and every household lights oil lamps, so it is also called "Lantern Festival".

the flower festival/parade (July)

lasts for a week. By then, Kuala Lumpur will become a beautiful garden city, with flowers everywhere competing for beauty. The climax of Flower Week is a large-scale float parade with a variety of flowers, which attracts a large number of domestic and foreign tourists every year.

National Day (August 31th)

Also known as "Independence Day". On August 31th, 1957, when the Federation of Malaya became independent within the Commonwealth, Independence Day was the national day.

Demon Slayer Festival (11-11 October)

It is a festival of lights, also known as Hanukkah. People lit lights to celebrate the victory of subduing demons and subduing demons. This is the Hindu New Year. During the festival, every household is brightly lit and filled with cigarettes.

Christmas (February 25th)

It is a grand festival for Christians to commemorate the birth of Jesus, and the holiday habits are roughly the same as those in other parts of the world, but now Christmas has become a festival for the younger generation.

Britain

1. New Year's Day (New Year's Day) celebrates the beginning of the new year on October 1 every year. People hold all kinds of New Year's parties, the Queen delivers New Year's greetings, and all kinds of churches hold vigils on New Year's Eve.

2. St. Valentine's Day (Valentine's Day), which falls on February 4th every year, is the anniversary of the death of Saint Valentine, a martyr in the 3rd century. Lovers give gifts to each other on this day, so it is called "Valentine's Day".

3. St. Patrick's Day (St. Patrick's Day), which falls on March 7th every year, is a festival to mourn the patron saint of Ireland.

4. Holy Saturday is the day before Easter.

5. Easter is usually on the first Sunday of the full moon after the vernal equinox every year, around March 21th. The festival is to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and people eat more Easter eggs during the festival.

6. Easter Monday is the second day of Easter.

7. Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, the church held a ceremony to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus. In Britain, this day is a public holiday, and people eat traditional hot cross buns.

8. Ascension Day is the Thursday after the 41th day of Easter, also known as Holy Thursday.

9. Pentecost is the seventh Sunday after Easter, also known as White Sunday.

11. April Fool's Day (April Fool's Day), which comes from celebrating the coming of vernal equinox on April 1 every year. People who are fooled by pranks on April 1 are called "April Fools".

France

New Year's Day

October 1. Family gathering