Koinobori (The large carp at the top represents the father, the second carp represents the mother, and the third carp represents their children.)

Kodomo no Hi (子供の日; meaning "Children's Day") is a Japanese national holiday which takes place annually on May 5, the fifth day of the fifth month, during the Golden Week period. It is a day set aside to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness. Duanwu or Tango (Chinese and Japanese: 端午; Korean: ; Vietnamese: ) is the fifth day of month 5 in East Asia lunisolar calendars. ... Download high resolution version (1024x1536, 277 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1024x1536, 277 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Czech poster celebrating International Childrens Day Childrens Day is a holiday in many countries around the world. ... For other uses, see Holiday (disambiguation). ... is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

It was originally called Tango no Sekku (端午の節句), which was originally the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival (端午節) (Kodomo no Hi was celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th moon in the Chinese calendar, before Japan switched to the Gregorian calendar). Sekku means a season's festival (there are now five sekku per year). This one marks the beginning of summer or the rainy season. Tango has a double meaning: Tan means "edge" or "first" and go means "noon." In Japanese go also means five (五), which could refer to the date of the festival: the fifth day of the fifth month^{[citation needed]}. From the beginning of history, the fifth month of the Chinese calendar was said to be a month for purification, and many rites that were said to drive away evil spirits were performed this month^{[citation needed]}. Dragon Boat Festival is also called Duan Wu or Tuen Ng Festival (端午节/端午節), which is a festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar. ... The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. ... The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The wet season is a term commonly used when describing the weather in the tropics. ... The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. ... Evil Spirits n. ...

"Japanese Festival in Honor of the Birth of Children" from Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs, by J.M.W. Silver, illustrated by native drawings, published in London in 1867

Although it is not known precisely when this day started to be celebrated, it was probably during the reign of the Empress Suiko (593–628 A.D.). In Japan, Tango no Sekku was assigned to the fifth day of the fifth month after the Nara period. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 507 pixelsFull resolution (918 × 582 pixel, file size: 62 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo from Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs, by J. M. W. Silver, Illustrated by Native Drawings, Reproduced in Fac-simile by Means of Chromo-lithography... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 507 pixelsFull resolution (918 × 582 pixel, file size: 62 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo from Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs, by J. M. W. Silver, Illustrated by Native Drawings, Reproduced in Fac-simile by Means of Chromo-lithography... Empress Suiko , 554–April 15, 628[1]) was the 33rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, and the first known woman to hold this position. ... The Nara period ) of the history of Japan covers the years from about AD 710 to 784. ...

Until recently, Tango no Sekku was known as Boys' Day (also known as Feast of Banners) while Girls' Day (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. There is some disgruntlement that, despite its renaming, it is still Boys' Day and it is inappropriate that Boys' Day is a national holiday, while Girls' Day is not.^{[citation needed]} Seven-tiered Hina doll set The Japanese Doll Festival ), or Girls Day, is held March 3, the third day of the third month. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Before this day, families raise the carp-shaped koinobori flags, one for each boy (or child), display a Kintarō doll usually riding on a large carp, and the traditional Japanese military helmet, kabuto. Kintarō and the kabuto are symbols of a strong and healthy boy. Genera Abramis Aristichthys Barbodes Carassius Cirrhinus Ctenopharyngodon Cyprinus Epalzeorhynchos Henicorhynchus Hypophthalmichthys Labeo Mylopharyngodon and others Carp is a common name for various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fishes that dominates the fish faunas of Eurasia and North America. ... Koinobori Koinobori (鯉幟, こいのぼり) are carp-shaped flags traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Childrens Day. ... Kintaro (Golden Boy) is a hero from Japanese folklore. ... Ornate kabuto from the Glenbow Museum collection Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kabuto Kabuto (å…œ, 冑) is a large helmet used with traditional Japanese armour as worn by samurai. ...

Kintarō (金太郎) 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 Kintarō rode a bear, instead of a horse, and played with animals in the mountains when he was a young boy. The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Heian Period. ... Minamoto no Raiko (源 頼光) or Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948-1021), also known as The Oni Slayer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ...

Mochi rice cakes wrapped in kashiwa (oak) leaves — kashiwa-mochi and chimaki — are traditionally served on this day. Rice Cake Pounding mochi in an usu Making mochi with a modern piece of equipment Mochi (Japanese ) is the Japanese variant of Chinese rice cake, which, like its Chinese origin, is made of glutinous rice, pounded into paste and molded into shape; however, unlike the Chinese variety, it is molded... Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus (from Latin oak tree), and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. ...

Song of Kodomo no Hi

Sei Kurabe (Height Comparison)

柱のきずは おととしの    五月五日の 背くらべ

Hashira no kizu wa ototoshi no    gogatsu itsuka no Sei-Kurabe

粽たべたべ 兄さんが    計ってくれた 背のたけ

Chimaki tabe-tabe nii-san ga    hakatte kureta sei no take

きのうくらべりゃ 何のこと    やっと羽織の 紐のたけ

Kinou kurabe-rya nan no koto,    yatto haori no himo no take

(Lyrics by Unnu Atsushi, Composed by Nakayama Shinpei)

The scratch on the pillar was marked the 5th of May in the year before last for comparison of height

Eating and eating chimaki, my elder brother measured the length of my height

Comparing yesterday, however, the difference was barely a length of cord of my haori short coat

Chimaki is the sweet rice cake wrapped in a bamboo leaf. ... Japanese woman in a kimono, ca. ...

Books

• Children's picture book
  • Girls' Day/Boys' Day Minako Ishii Bess Press Inc. 2007

See also

Koinobori and hanami party

• Children's Day
• Dragon Boat Festival
• Golden Week

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External links

• Kids Web Japan
• Boy's Day