Hinamatsuri
Sign in to save, also called '''Doll's Day or Girls' Day''', is an annual festival in Japan (but not a national holiday), celebrated on 3March of each year. Platforms covered with a red carpet material are used to display a set of representing the emperor, empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period.
Key facts
- Holiday.type
- Shinto
- Holiday.image
- Ist di Cultura giapponese - altare della festa delle bambole P1100919.JPG
- Holiday.imagesize
- 250px
- Holiday.caption
- Seven-tiered doll set
- Holiday.official_name
- Hinamatsuri (since 1687)
- Holiday.nickname
- Japanese Doll Festival, Girls' Day
- Holiday.observedby
- Japan
- Holiday.significance
- Celebrating the health and happiness of young girls and women
- Holiday.duration
- 1 day
- Holiday.frequency
- Annual
- Holiday.date
- 3 March
- Holiday.relatedto
- Shangsi Festival, Samjinnal
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Customs
- Origin
- Placement of dolls
- First, top platform
- Second platform
- Third platform
- Fourth platform
- Fifth platform
- Other platforms
- Sixth platform
- Seventh, bottom platform
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
, also called '''Doll's Day or Girls' Day''', is an annual festival in Japan (but not a national holiday), celebrated on 3March of each year. Platforms covered with a red carpet material are used to display a set of representing the emperor, empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period.
== Customs == is one of the that are held on auspicious dates of the Lunisolar calendar: the first day of the first month, the third day of the third month, and so on. After the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, these were fixed on 1January, 3March, 5May, 7July, and 9September. The festival was traditionally known as the , as peach trees typically began to flower around this time. Although this is no longer true since the shift to Gregorian dates, the name remains and peaches are still symbolic of the festival.