China imported products, the significance of Japanese Chinese Valentine's Day?

Every year, the seventh day of the first lunar month is an ancient folk festival in China-"Everyone's Day", which means "People's Birthday" as its name implies, including traditional celebrations and sacrifices. Later, this festival spread to neighboring Japan, but with Japan's "leaving Asia and entering Europe" in the middle of the 9th century, the time of this festival was changed from the seventh day of the first lunar month to the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, and its name was also changed to "Chinese Valentine's Day". So today's yearbook will introduce you to the customs and significance of Chinese Valentine's Day, a Japanese festival imported from China.

Q: When was Chinese Valentine's Day? A: Japanese Chinese Valentine's Day falls on the Gregorian calendar 1.7 every year.

The annual Gregorian calendar 65438+1October 7th is the Japanese seven grass Festival. According to Japanese folk tradition, Japanese families cook seven kinds of porridge with seven kinds of herbs, that is, seven different vegetables, in spring. The so-called seven grass porridge, to put it bluntly, is porridge made of seven kinds of spring grass and rice. Porridge is made of rice and twice as much water. Seven kinds of spring grasses are: Oenanthe javanica, shepherd's purse, sage, chickweed, baogai, turnip and radish.

The custom of celebrating Chinese Valentine's Day on the seventh day of the Japanese New Year was introduced into Japan from ancient China. As early as the Western Han Dynasty in China, the/kloc-0-7th day of the first lunar month was designated as chicken, dog, pig, sheep, cow, horse and human day respectively, and the seventh day of the first lunar month was designated as "human day", that is, "human birthday". People use seven kinds of fresh seasonal vegetables to make holiday food.

This holiday custom has been introduced to Japan for a long time. As early as in heian period, Japan, "seven grass porridge" began to be eaten as a court ceremony. It was mentioned in the Pillow Grass written by Japanese woman writer Qing in the early 20th century, but it didn't spread to ordinary people until the Edo period.

The seven herbs added to seven grass porridge vary with the changes of regions and times. At present, it is generally composed of water celery leaves, shepherd's purse leaves, shepherd's purse leaves, swertia japonica leaves, turnip leaves and radish leaves. In supermarkets in Japan, there are basically "seven straw bags" for sale, which is very convenient for families to buy.

According to the traditional Japanese concept, seven grass's diet with seven grass porridge can drive away evil spirits and pray for a year without disease and disaster, which also means that in the new year, the whole family will be happy, happy and auspicious, and there will be a good sign. From the perspective of healthy eating, it is also very beneficial to eat seven grass porridge in the New Year.

It is believed that eating these green plants in the New Year can replenish energy from nature and promote health and longevity. Seasonal vegetables in seven grass porridge can help to alleviate people's indigestion caused by eating too many delicious foods such as glutinous rice cakes during festivals. People who eat too much New Year's food can rest their appetite by eating "seven grass porridge" to supplement the nutrition of vegetables that they haven't eaten enough in winter.

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