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Children's Day in Japan

National Children's Day in Japan is known asKodomo no Hi（日本兒童節，每年5月5日）. It is celebrtaed on May5. The family celebrates the festival withKashiwamochi(rice cakes filled with red beans and wrapped with oak leaves) and Chimaki (rice cakes wrapped with bamboo leaves).

According to the Kodansha encyclopedia, the origin of the festival was from China in 839. On May 5, Chinese people hang medical herbs from the eaves of the roof in order to repel disease. When the custom came to Japan, people used Shobu (irises) instead since irises were believed to repel evil spirits.

Kodomo no hi or Japanese Children's Day is a festival originally for boys but which has been renamed for both sexes that is on the fifth day of the fifth month each year is a public holiday and a day when the sky is crowded with carp kites strung from bamboo flagpoles or from the rooftops.

Otherwise known as 'Sobu no Sekku' (Iris Festival) or 'Tango no Sekku' (May 5th Festival), Children's Day is in fact actually a festival which celebrates the future success and health of sons although it has allegedly been adapted in more recent years to incorporate girls as well since the Girls' Festival in March is not a public holiday.

One of the alternative names, the Iris Festival was taken from the 12th century belief that the long, sharp leaves of the iris are swordlike so, placing iris leaves in a boy's bath is supposed to make him more martial.

One of the alternative names, the Iris Festival was taken from the 12th century belief that the long, sharp leaves of the iris are swordlike so, placing iris leaves in a boy's bath is supposed to make him more martial. This meant that he would grow and develop with courage and strength.

This is only one of the many symbols surrounding this day, most of which have to do with strength and health and success.


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日本的兒童節，叫做「兒童日」（日語：こどもの日），是一個傳統節日。在每年的5月5日，日本的家庭都會慶祝孩子的長大。二戰前，這個節日被稱為「端午節」（日語：端午の節句），並且只是男孩的節日。1948年，當這個節日成為公眾假日的時候，便成了慶祝所有兒童幸福和福利的節日。在節日當天，日本的家庭都會在屋頂上懸掛魚狀的標誌，用來象徵兒童消除厄運，克服困難，順利成長。
不過日本在3月3日還有單獨的女孩節，從上巳節發展過來，女兒節以擺放各種玩偶來慶祝。男兒節懸掛鯉魚旗是源自中國的「望子成龍」和「鯉魚跳龍門」的傳說。