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Children's Day

Koinobori : The black carp (Magoi) at the top


represents the father, the red carp (Higoi) represents
the mother, and the last carp represents the son, with
an additional carp added for each subsequent son
with color and position denoting their relative age.
Observed by Japan
Type National
Significance Celebrates children's personalities
and their happiness
Date May 5
Next time 5 May 2015
Frequency annual
Related to Golden Week (J apan), Duanwu
Festival, Dano Festival, Tt oan
Ng
Children's Day (Japan)
FromWikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Children's Day ( Kodomo no Hi) is a Japanese
national holiday which takes place annually on May 5, the
fifth day of the fifth month, and is part of the Golden Week.
It is a day set aside to respect children's personalities and to
celebrate their happiness. It was designated a national holiday
by the Japanese government in 1948.
Contents
1 Tango no Sekku
2 See also
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links
Tango no Sekku
The day was originally called Tango no Sekku (),
and was celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th moon in the
lunar calendar or Chinese calendar. After Japan switched to
the Gregorian calendar, the date was moved to May 5.
[1]
The
festival is still celebrated in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and
Macau as the Duanwu Festival or Tuen Ng Festival
(Cantonese), in Korea as the Dano Festival, and Vietnam as
the Tt oan Ng on the traditional lunar calendar date. It
was originally for boys but has since been changed to include
both boys and girls.
Tan means "beginning" and go means "horse", referring to the
Chinese zodiac name for the fifth lunar month.
[2]
Sekku
means a seasonal festival. There are five sekku, including
O-Shogatsu (January 1st), Hina Matsuri (March 3rd),
Tanabata (July 7th) and Kiku Matsuri (September 9th) along
with Tango. Tango no Sekku marks the beginning of summer
or the rainy season.
Although it is not known precisely when this day started to be celebrated, it was probably during the reign of the
Empress Suiko (593628 A.D.). In Japan, Tango no Sekku was assigned to the fifth day of the fifth month after
the Nara period.
Until recently, Tango no Sekku was known as Boys' Day (also known as Feast of Banners) while Girls' Day
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"J apanese Festival in Honor of the
Birth of Children" fromSketches of
Japanese Manners and Customs, by
J.M.W. Silver, illustrated by native
drawings, published in London in
1867
(Hinamatsuri) was celebrated on March 3. In 1948, the government
decreed this day to be a national holiday to celebrate the happiness of all
children and to express gratitude toward mothers. It was renamed
Kodomo no Hi.
Before this day, families raise the carp-shaped koinobori flags (carp
because of the Chinese legend that a carp that swims upstream becomes
a dragon, and the way the flags blow in the wind looks like they are
swimming), one for each boy (or child), display a Kintar doll usually
riding on a large carp, and the traditional Japanese military helmet,
kabuto. Kintar and the kabuto are symbols of a strong and healthy boy.
Kintar () is the childhood name of Sakata no Kintoki who was a
hero in the Heian period, a subordinate samurai of Minamoto no Raikou,
having been famous for his strength when he was a child. It is said that
Kintar rode a bear, instead of a horse, and played with animals in the
mountains when he was a young boy.
Mochi rice cakes wrapped in kashiwa (oak) leaveskashiwa-mochi (mochi filled with red bean jam) and
chimaki (a kind of "sweet rice paste", wrapped in an iris or bamboo leaf)are traditionally served on this day.
See also
Aging of Japan
Children's Day
Double Fifth
Golden Week
Momo no Sekku
Tt oan Ng
Notes
^ Nussbaum, Louis Frdric et al (2005). "Tango no Sekku" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 948.
(https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA948), p. 948, at Google Books
1.
^ "Tango no Sekku to Gogatsu Ningyo" (http://www.ningyo-kyokai.or.jp/sekku/tango.html). Nihon Ningyo Kyokai.
Retrieved 7 May 2014.
2.
References
Nussbaum, Louis Frdric and Kthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University
Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301 (http://www.worldcat.org
/oclc/48943301/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br)
External links
Children's Day (Japan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Day_(Japan)
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Kids Web Japan (http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/calendar/may/children.html)
Video on Children Day in Fukushima, Japan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHznlNbpdms)
Video on Children Day in Coffs Harbour, Australia (https://www.youtube.com/watch??v=yoilg-mtEKw)
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