How does Japan celebrate New Year's Day?

New Year's Day is the biggest festival in Japan. This is also the longest public holiday.

Japanese people pay special attention to the New Year, and every year 65438+February 29th-65438+1October 3rd is a national holiday.

The Japanese call 65438+February 3 1 "Great Dark Day", that is, New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, the Japanese call it "New Year's Eve". At night, they pray for the gods to send away the troubled old year and usher in a beautiful new year. This is the so-called "first day". At midnight on New Year's Eve, temples in urban and rural areas rang bells 108 to exorcise evil spirits, while the Japanese sat quietly listening to the "Night Bell". When the bell stops, it means the arrival of a new year. People leave their seats and go to bed, hoping to have a good dream.

On New Year's morning, families sit around and tell each other about their dreams on New Year's Eve to test good luck or bad luck. The Japanese call the first day of New Year's Day "Zhengri". 1-3 is "Three Congratulations Day". On Sunday, the younger generation will go to their parents' home to pay New Year's greetings, and then go to relatives and friends' home to pay New Year's greetings. The New Year is still a "eating" festival, and people all over the world pray for good luck by eating their own food. On "Zhengri" day, the Japanese will have a big breakfast, including sugar, soba noodles and Tu Su wine. After that, they went vegetarian for three days in a row to show their piety and pray for good luck in the coming year. At present, most urban people in Japan give up vegetarian food in the New Year and eat a hollow noodle at the "night show" to wish them health and longevity in the new year.

In the new year, a straw rope or a circle made of straw rope is often pulled up above the door of Japanese families, which is called "paper-tied rope" or "paper-tied decoration" Some also put some pine and bamboo, which is called "door pine". Many companies set up memorial archways with pine, bamboo and plums, which are novel in design and unique in style to celebrate. People also put paper-cuts of animals symbolizing longevity inside and outside the house, such as cranes and turtles, to pray for peace. At the same time, according to the zodiac, carve a new year and give gifts to each other. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications also issued a large number of "New Year stamps" with pictures of the New Year.

Whether individuals or groups, exchanging New Year cards has become the most popular way to congratulate each other. The Japanese call it a "flying kite", which means deep affection in the distance. Whoever receives more new year cards in the new year will feel that the new year has a bright future, prosperous wealth and special joy. In the new year, the habit of visiting New Year among neighbors, relatives, friends and children is still prevalent. The first sentence when we meet is "Happy New Year".

The Japanese are very business-minded. Every New Year, many Japanese department stores sell Fu Bao. Even if the buyer doesn't know what it is, the price of goods in Fu Bao will definitely exceed that in Fu Bao. Every year 1 month and February, many Japanese women flock to department stores early in the morning to buy blessing bags.

At the end of each year, almost all Japanese will join the annual Forgetting Party. Please enjoy food and wine at the annual forgetting party, forget the disadvantages of the past year and welcome the new year. The Japanese taste the "first month cuisine" on the day of "Zhengri", and the breakfast is very rich.

Eat sand sugar, taro, buckwheat noodles, and eat dishes specially cooked for the New Year: herring roe, black beans, dried fish cooked with soy sauce and sugar, etc. So that future generations can thrive and grow healthily.

On New Year's Day, everyone goes to a shrine or temple to pay homage, and most people go to the shrine to pay homage. This is when witches are busy.

After New Year's greetings, most people will ask a god to sign a fortune-telling for the coming year. The practice is to draw a wooden sign from the sign barrel of the shrine in advance, and then you can get a paper sign-"God sign" according to the current figures. According to Japanese custom, if the result of the previous meeting is not satisfactory, they will be tied to trees in shrines or temples or other designated places to pray for a better situation.

The New Year's Big Bamboo Team is also an entertainment for the Japanese in the New Year. Badminton was originally a game in China, but it was introduced to Japan in Muromachi era. The loser will be punished, and his face will be rounded.

Besides badminton, on New Year's Day, everyone can also play traditional Japanese games, such as playing cards, spinning top, taking flowers, flying balls and flying kites.