Could You Tell Me Something about the Traditional Culture of Japan?
August 28, 2014
Wow, that's a big question. Where should I begin? Well… I'm going to tell you about a Japanese annual event.
I think Christmas is one of the most important events for Westerners, but New Year's holiday is important one for Japanese.
We clean up
the whole house for the New Year, then we gather the whole family on
New Year's Eve and we eat Toshikoshi soba. It's year-crossing
noodle. This custom allows us to let go of the hardships of the New
Year because soba noodles are easily cut while eating.
A lot of people visit temples before midnight in order to ring the bells on New Year's Eve. 108 times in total. That was told to represent the number of Kleshas in Buddhism, including states of mind such as anxiety, fear, anger, jealousy, desire, depression, etc.
From New
Year's Day to January 3rd, we visit shrines to pray to God for our
happiness. I love to draw a fortune.
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