{"id":605,"date":"2014-12-04T01:54:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T16:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azuregns.com\/year\/?page_id=605"},"modified":"2018-08-31T20:14:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T11:14:23","slug":"%e6%98%a5%e5%88%86%e3%81%ae%e6%97%a5%e3%80%80vernal-equinox-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/azuregns.com\/year\/?page_id=605","title":{"rendered":"\u6625\u5206\u306e\u65e5"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u56fd\u6c11\u306e\u795d\u65e5<\/span>
\n(3\u670822\u65e5\u9803)<\/span>
\nNational Holiday<\/span>
\nShumbun-no-hi;<\/span>
\nVernal Equinox Day<\/span>
\n(on or around March 22nd)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u25cf\u6625\u5206\u306e\u65e5 Shumbun-no-hi; Vernal Equinox Day
\n\u25cf\u79cb\u5206\u306e\u65e5 Shubun-no-hi; Autumn Equinox Day
\n\u25cf\u590f\u81f3 the summer solstice
\n\u25cf\u51ac\u81f3 the winter solstice
\n\u25cf\u5f7c\u5cb8 the equinoctial week
\n\u25cf\u8d64\u9053 the equator
\n\u25cf\u7169\u60a9 worldly desires; earthly desires; worldly passions; earthly passions
\n\u25cf\u5148\u7956\uff1b\u7956\u5148 ancestor; \uff08\u4e3b\u306b\u7537\u6027\uff09forefather; \uff08\u96c6\u5408\u7684\u306b\uff09ancestry
\n\u25cf\u5b50\u5b6b descendant; \uff08\u96c6\u5408\u7684\u306b\uff09posterity
\n\u25cf\u5893 grave; tomb
\n\u25cf\u5893\u5730 graveyard; \uff08\u6559\u4f1a\u306b\u5c5e\u3055\u306a\u3044\u5171\u540c\u5893\u5730\uff09cemetery; \uff08\u6559\u4f1a\u4ed8\u5c5e\uff09churchyard;\uff08\u5a49\u66f2\u7684\u306b\uff09memorial park
\n\u25cf\u5893\u53c2\u308a\u3092\u3059\u308b (to) visit one\u2019s grave<\/p>\n

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\nThere are two days in the year when the length of daylight and night are almost equal.<\/p>\n

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\nOne is in spring called Shumbun-no-hi (Vernal Equinox Day), and the other is in autumn which is called Shubun-no-hi (Autumn Equinox Day).<\/p>\n

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\nOn these days, the sun is positioned directly over the equator and rises in the east and sets in the west.<\/p>\n

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\nShumbun-no-hi is on or around March 22nd, and Shubun-no-hi is on or around September 22nd.<\/p>\n

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\nFrom Shumbun-no-hi to the summer solstice, the days gradually become longer while the nights become shorter.<\/p>\n

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\nFrom Shubun-no-hi to the winter solstice, the days gradually become shorter while the nights become longer.<\/p>\n

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\nThe 7 days centering around each equinox are special days known as Higan.<\/p>\n

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\nWe call the first three days Higan-no-iri, the fourth day (Shumbun-no-hi or Shubun-no-hi) Higan-no-chunichi and the last three days Higan-no-ake.<\/p>\n

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\nOriginally, Higan was the Buddhist world where no one had any earthly desires, and everyone attained spiritual enlightenment.<\/p>\n

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\nHigan later came to mean the world where deceased ancestors live.<\/p>\n

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\nThe 7 days of Higan, as well as the season of O-bon are important in Buddhism.<\/p>\n

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\nOn these occasions, families get together to visit the graves of their ancestors.<\/p>\n

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\nPeople thoroughly clean the graves, light incense and offer flowers, water, fruits, sweets and so on and pray.<\/p>\n

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\nDuring Higan, people eat Japanese sweets that are glutinous rice-balls covered with anko (sweetened bean-paste).<\/p>\n

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\nDuring Higan in spring, these Japanese sweets are called bota-mochi after botan (a peony), which blooms in spring.<\/p>\n

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\nDuring Higan in autumn, these Japanese sweets are called ohagi after hagi (a bush clover), which blooms in autumn.<\/p>\n

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\nWith regard to the size of the flowers, bota-mochi is a slightly bigger than ohagi.<\/p>\n

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\n(Please see \u201cAutumn Equinox Day<\/a>\u201d and \u201cThe Buddhist Souls Festival<\/a>\u201d for further information.)<\/p>\n

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