Japanese people usually bow when they meet. Generally, people bow to each other at 30 degrees and 45 degrees, and the depth of bowing and bending is different, indicating different meanings. The lowest and most polite bow is called "the most salute". When a man bows, his hands naturally hang down on both sides of his clothes and trousers; When showing respect for each other, people usually put their left hand on their right hand and bow in front of it, especially women. In international communication, Japanese people are also used to shaking hands, especially young people or people who have more contact with Europeans and Americans have begun to have the habit of shaking hands when they meet. It is considered polite to exchange business cards with the junior or younger party first. When submitting a business card, point to the other party. Business cards are written as "name thorns" in Japanese, and most of the business cards used by women are smaller than those used by men. In social activities, Japanese people like to use self-deprecating language, such as "please take care of more" and "tea is not good and care is not good", and they often use self-deprecating language when speaking. Don't tell the Japanese what to do when you are talking, and don't interrupt others when they are talking. During the conversation, don't ask the Japanese about their age, marital status, salary and income. Don't use the words "old" and "old man" to address elderly men and women. The older people are, the more taboo they are. Japanese names are usually three to six Chinese characters, with the surname first and the first name last. Usually people are called by their surnames, not their first names. Japanese people like to wear traditional clothes-kimonos with clogs on festivals and some important occasions.
The Japanese choose some meaningful years to celebrate the birthday of the elderly. For example, 6 1 year-old means "hijri", and 60 years later it means 1 year-old, rejuvenating; 7O years old is "ancient"; 77 years old is "Happy Birthday"; 88 years old is "Mi Shou", and the Chinese character "Mi" can be disassembled to become 88; The 99-year-old is called "hundred years old" because the word "white" has a horizontal line, making it "hundred".
Most Japanese believe in Shinto and Buddhism. They don't like purple and think it is a sad color. Most taboo green, think green is an ominous color. It is also taboo for three people to "take pictures" together. They think it is an unfortunate omen to be caught between people on the left and right. Japanese taboo lotus, think lotus is a funeral flower. Camellia and pale yellow and white flowers are forbidden when visiting patients. Japanese people are reluctant to accept things or gifts with chrysanthemums or chrysanthemum patterns, because it is a symbol of the royal family. Japanese people like pine, bamboo, plum, duck, turtle and so on.
When communicating, there is a rule of folding letters and putting stamps on them. For example, sending a condolence letter instead of using a double envelope is considered a double disaster. Don't post stamps sent to love letters backwards, otherwise it means breaking up. There are also many taboos in the Japanese diet: generally, they don't eat fat meat and pig offal, and some people don't eat mutton and duck; When entertaining guests, it is forbidden to fill the rice too full, nor to fill it with a spoon and a bowl; Taboo guests eat a bowl is enough, only eating a bowl is considered as a symbol of no chance; It is forbidden to tidy clothes or touch your hair when eating, because it is unsanitary and impolite; Japanese people should avoid putting chopsticks on the plate when using chopsticks. In Japan, when greeting the waiter, you have to raise your arms, palm down and swing your fingers so that the waiter will understand. During the negotiation, the Japanese form an "O" shape with their thumb and forefinger. If you nod, the Japanese will think that you will give him a sum of cash. In Japan, scratching the scalp with your hands is a sign of anger and dissatisfaction.
Japanese people have many language taboos, such as "bitterness" and "death", and even some homophonic words are taboo. For example, the number "4" is pronounced like death, and the pronunciation of "42" is a dead verb, so hospitals generally do not set rooms and beds for 4 and 42. Users are also forbidden to use "42" on their phones, and prisons generally do not have cell 4. "13" is also a taboo number. Many hotels do not have "13" floors and "13" rooms, and Haneda Airport does not have "13" apron. In wedding and other festive occasions, it is forbidden to say unlucky words such as going, returning, returning, leaving, breaking, thin, cold, shallow, ruined, heavy, repeated, broken and broken. When a store opens and a new store is completed, it is forbidden to speak fireworks, collapse, collapse, distortion, damage, decay and fire-related language. Don't talk about people's physical defects in conversation, and don't say words such as big, short, fat, bald, pockmarked, blind, deaf and dumb. , but the disabled are called physical disabilities, the blind are called eyes are not free, and the deaf are called ears are not free.
When Japanese people give gifts, it is very popular to give gifts in pairs, such as a pair of pens and two bottles of wine. However, when giving red envelopes to newlyweds, it is forbidden to give 20 thousand yen and multiples of 2. Japanese folks believe that the number "2" is likely to lead to the breakdown of couples' feelings, generally giving 30,000, 50,000 or 70,000 yen. The color of gift wrapping paper is also very particular, black and white represents funeral, green represents ominous, and red wrapping paper is not suitable. It's best to wrap the gift in colored paper.
Japanese people are very particular about sitting posture. In the company, Japanese people sit in chairs, but at home, Japanese people keep the traditional habit of sitting on tatami. The correct sitting posture of tatami is called "front seat", which means kneeling on the ground with your knees together and your hips pressed on your heels. Easy sitting postures are: "sitting cross-legged" and "sitting sideways": "sitting cross-legged" is a male sitting posture with feet crossed in front and hips on the ground; "Sitting sideways" means that the legs are slightly sideways and the body does not press the feet. This is often a sitting posture of women. Nowadays, the younger generation who don't sit on tatami is gradually increasing.
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Girls' Day
Japan calls it "Young Sacrifice", also known as "Peach Blossom Festival". Every year on March 3rd, parents celebrate a festival for girls. At that time, they dressed the girls in bright kimonos and put dolls at home, wishing them to get rid of bad luck and disasters, grow up happily, and take the girls to visit relatives and friends and go out to play. There is also the custom of "drifting young" in the Kansai region, where "little people" are put into the river to drift with the tide and wash away bad luck. Japanese customs and important programs
(1) customs and habits
Japan is called "the country of etiquette", and it is the custom of the Japanese people to pay attention to etiquette. When people meet, they usually bow to each other and say "hello", "goodbye", "please take care of me" and so on.
Japanese people attach great importance to exchanging business cards when they meet for the first time. Not only is it impolite to meet for the first time without a business card, but the other party will think you are unsociable. When handing business cards to each other, you should bow first and hand them in both hands. After receiving the other party's business card, read it carefully to see the identity, position and company of the other party, and nod your head to show that you know the other party's identity. Japanese people think that business cards represent a person, and treat them as if they were themselves. If you take a business card and put it in your pocket without reading it, it is considered rude. If you want to attend a business negotiation meeting, you must give your business card to everyone in the room and accept their business card. You can't leave out anyone. Although it takes a lot of time, it is a way to express mutual friendship and respect.
When visiting a Japanese family, you should make an appointment with the host in advance and ring the bell to announce your name before entering the door. If there is no doorbell in this house, don't knock, but open the sliding door on the door and ask, "Excuse me, is there anyone inside?" After entering the door, you should take the initiative to take off your clothes and hat, take off your scarf (but even if the weather is hot, you can't just wear a vest or barefoot, otherwise it's rude), put on spare slippers and give your own gifts to your host. When you sit in a room, it is polite to sit with your back to the door. Only under the persuasion of the host can you move to a distinguished position (distinguished position refers to the seat with various works of art and decorations in front of the niche, which is specially prepared for VIPs). Japanese people are not used to letting guests visit their houses, so don't ask to look around. Japan is particularly taboo for men to break into the kitchen. You have to ask the owner's permission to go to the toilet. When eating, if you don't know how to eat a certain meal, you should ask the owner's advice and turn your chopsticks around when you are holding vegetables. When saying goodbye, let the guests ask first and thank the host. When you return to your residence, you should call the other party and tell them that you have returned safely. Thank you again. Don't forget to express your gratitude when you see your host again after a while.
When the Japanese hold a banquet to propose a toast, they often put a bowl full of clear water in the middle of the table and put a clean white gauze in front of everyone. Before pouring wine, the host will rinse his glass with clear water, press the cup mouth down on the gauze, let the water droplets be sucked up by the gauze, then fill the wine and hand it to the guests with both hands. After drinking, guests do the same to show the friendship and intimacy between the host and the guests. This is the traditional way of toasting.
Whether visiting relatives and friends or attending banquets, Japanese people always bring gifts, and a family spends 7.5% of its income on gifts every month. When visiting Japanese families, you must bring gifts. Japanese people think that giving gifts is much more meaningful than saying "thank you", because it is to express gratitude with practical actions. When giving gifts to Japanese people, we should master the "sense of value", and the gifts should not be too heavy or too light. If it is too heavy, he will think what you want from him, and thus infer that your goods or services are not good; If it is too light, it will be considered that you look down on him. Generally, it is more appropriate to take some packaged food when visiting Japanese families, but don't send flowers, because some flowers are used for courtship or funeral. Japanese people pay attention to the decoration of gifts. Gifts should be wrapped in several layers and tied with beautiful ribbons or paper ropes. The Japanese believe that there is a soul in the knot, indicating the sincerity of the giver. People who receive gifts usually give them back. Japanese people don't open gifts in front of guests, mainly to avoid embarrassment because of the discomfort of gifts. Japanese people don't mind giving gifts they don't need to others. Japanese people generally don't use even numbers to give gifts. This is because the "four" in even numbers is the same as death in Japanese. In order to avoid bad luck, "four" is not used in many occasions. Over time, even the second, fourth and sixth figures are simply not given. They like to pronounce singular numbers, especially the three singular numbers of three, five and seven. But "nine" should also be avoided, because "nine" and "bitter" have the same pronunciation in Japanese.
There are many traditional gift-giving seasons in Japan, and the value and types of gifts are different in different gift-giving seasons. Nianguan is the biggest gift-giving season, and food is the main food in Yuanhe Nianguan, and the proportion of non-food in other festivals is quite high. In the gift season, it is often a good time to promote some goods. Examples of gift values and types in each gift season are as follows:
(l) Mid-Autumn Festival (July 15). The gift value is 3000 ~ 10000 yen, with an average of 5 120 yen. The types of gifts include candy, wine, dairy products, cooking oil, coffee, tea, shirts, scarves and gift certificates.
(2) At the end of the year. The gift value is 5000 ~ 10000 yen, with an average of 5520 yen. There are food, wine, tea, coffee, cooking oil, shirts, wool blankets and so on.
(3) get married. The gift value is 2 ~ 65438+ million yen (invited to the wedding) or 3000 ~ 10000 yen (not attending the wedding). Gifts include electric kettle, toaster, microwave oven, slippers, pajamas, handbags, etc.
(4) Adult (20 years old).
Gift value1~ 20,000 yen. There are belts and cufflinks. Tie clip, cosmetics, clothing and accessories, purses, shoes, etc.
(5) Valentine's Day. The gift value is 400 ~ 1000 yen. There are sweets and biscuits, and women give men chocolates.
(6) Mother's Day. The gift is worth 3000 ~ 5000 yen. There are cosmetics, flowers, clothes and so on.
(7) Father's Day. The gift value is 5000 ~ 10000 yen. There are clothes, ties, collar clips, socks, lighters and other accessories.
(8) Christmas. The gift value is 5000 ~ 20000 yen. There are toys, clothing accessories, amusement equipment, precious metals, sporting goods, CDs and so on.
(2) Important festivals
There are 14 national holidays and 5 important holidays in Japan, which are briefly introduced as follows:
New Year's Day: 65438+ 10/. According to the general custom in Japan, it is necessary to clean up before New Year's Eve, hang a straw rope at the door, insert oranges (called "paper string"), and place pine, bamboo and plum (called "Mensong", which has been replaced by pictures) in front of the door for good luck. On New Year's Eve, the whole family get together for dinner and listen to the "New Year's Eve bell" at midnight. Eat rice cake soup (called "miscellaneous cooking") on New Year's Day morning.
Adult Day: 65438+ 10 month 15. On this day, young men and women who have reached the age of 20 should put on festive costumes and participate in adult ceremonies and celebrations organized by governments at all levels for them.
Date of establishment: February 1 1. According to Japanese mythology, Emperor Jimmu unified Japan and established Japan in February 660 BC 1 1.
Girls' Day
Japan calls it "Young Sacrifice", also known as "Peach Blossom Festival". Every year on March 3rd, parents celebrate a festival for girls. At that time, they dressed the girls in bright kimonos and put dolls at home, wishing them to get rid of bad luck and disasters, grow up happily, and take the girls to visit relatives and friends and go out to play. There is also the custom of "drifting young" in the Kansai region, where "little people" are put into the river to drift with the tide and wash away bad luck.
Equinox: March 2 1. It's a day when emperors worship their ancestors and ordinary people worship their ancestors.
Arbor Day: April 29th.
Constitution Day: May 3rd. Commemorating the implementation of Japan's Constitution 1947 on May 3rd.
National Day: May 4th.
Boys' Day (also known as Children's Day and Dragon Boat Festival): May 5th. On this day, the big cloth carp (called "carp flag") hangs in front of the family with a son. Japan regards May 5th of the solar calendar as the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Festival and Boys' Day are the same day, so every household sticks calamus leaves on the door, hangs Zhong Kui's exorcism picture in the house, and eats cakes (called "cypress cakes") or zongzi.
Meng Lan Basin Festival (Japan)
It was introduced to Japan from China in the 7th century. In 675 AD, Emperor Qi Ming paid homage to his parents, and it became a palace festival. Later, it spread widely among the people, similar to the Ghost Festival in July 15 of the China lunar calendar. Japan used to hold activities on July 15 of the lunar calendar every year, and later changed it to July 15 of the solar calendar to mourn the death of relatives and friends, worship ancestors, sweep graves, and sometimes hold "basin dance" and other mourning activities. This is one of the main popular folk festivals in Japan, and now it has become a festival for city people to go back to their hometown to meet their relatives and friends.
Ghosts'Festival
Also in July of 15, it was a festival to worship agricultural land gods in ancient times, and now it is a day to worship ancestors in combination with Yulan Festival. At this time, give gifts to relatives, friends, elders and people who give benefits. Now even gifts are given between units or individuals. This kind of gift is called "Zhongyuan" and has become a new custom.
Respect for the elderly: September 15. Cities, towns and villages gather to celebrate and give souvenirs to the elderly.
Equinox: September 23rd. It is the day when the emperor worships his ancestors in autumn.
Sports Festival: 10 June 10. 1964 Commemorating the opening of the18th International Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Cultural Festival:165438+1October 3rd. People who have made outstanding contributions to cultural undertakings are awarded the "Cultural Medal" on this day.
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It is a traditional festival for Japanese society and families to bless children aged 7, 5 and 3 on 1 15 every year. It began in Heian period, when a noble family held a celebration ceremony for a 5-year-old boy. In the Kamakura and Muromachi era, it developed into a ceremony in which ministers or ministers dressed two or three-year-old boys in kimonos. After the middle period of Edo, the present custom was formed. Every day, parents bless boys and girls, pray for the gods to bless their healthy growth, put on beautiful kimonos for them, take them to visit the shrine, register them, and issue badges to their children, indicating that they can begin to participate in some social activities.
Hard-working Thanksgiving Day:165438+1October 23rd.
Emperor's date of birth: 65438+February 23rd. Emperor Akihito was born on February 23rd 1933, and ascended the throne on February 7th 1989/kloc-0, with the title "Heisei".
If you go to Japan for business, the time to avoid in a year is between 65438+ in mid-February and 65438+ in mid-October of the following year/kloc-0 (Spring Festival at the end of the year), from April 29th to May 5th (during the Golden Week holiday, Japanese people usually go out to travel and many shops are closed), and from July to August (during this period, businessmen will go on holiday).
Christmas day
This is not a traditional Japanese folk festival, but it has become more and more popular in Japan since the Second World War, especially in cities celebrating Christmas, and it has become a custom in modern Japan.
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1. Why does Japanese bathing culture teach people to listen to nature with an open mind?
In recent years, "Oriental fever" has become extremely popular in western countries. Western artists, on the other hand, lack the understanding of oriental humanism, philosophy, religion and spirit. Their failure in Japanese garden creation is a typical example. The reason is that they don't listen to nature humbly like the Japanese.
2. Japanese customs and habits.
Japanese men and women go to the streets, and women go to the right; If you walk arm in arm, it is a woman holding a man. Three people went to the street, and the middle position was given to a respected person.
Japan has the habit of giving gifts. When giving gifts, we often take this approach: give gifts that are useless to the host, because the recipient can give them to others and that person can also give them to a third party. Japanese people are very disgusted with things decorated with fox patterns. A cunning fox is a symbol of greed. When visiting Japanese families, you can only bring 15 chrysanthemums, because only the royal hat badge has 16 chrysanthemums.
The Japanese are afraid of lotus flowers.
Japanese taboo "four". Because "four" is the same as death in Japanese. Therefore, Japanese hospitals do not have "four" wards and beds. Japan is called Greening Week from April/KLOC-0 to 7, including street greening day, residential greening day, school greening day, barren mountain greening day, traffic greening day and greening tree protection day. The Japanese smoke themselves, and seldom give you a toast, because the Japanese think cigarettes are harmful to health. Japanese people have a cold and cough and wear white masks when they go out. The Japanese use the thumb to mean "old man" and the little finger to mean "lover".
Lobster Japanese believe that lobsters have long beards and bend over like old people, so they like to use lobsters as decorations on New Year's Day, symbolizing longevity and longevity.
Cultural customs related to business
bowknot
Among the Japanese, bowing is still a necessary ceremony when meeting and breaking up; In contact with foreigners, the Japanese have gradually become accustomed to shaking hands instead of bowing. However, you may still get a 90-degree bend. What should I do in this situation? Generally speaking, just nod your head or bend a little, and at the same time extend your hand to each other. The Japanese trading community doesn't seem to care whether foreigners can bow in a standardized way.
send one's regards to
Japanese people also say compliments in different ways from westerners. Westerners will directly express their appreciation for your personal achievements in trade or your company's achievements, while Japanese often beat around the bush. For example, if the Japanese want to praise your accomplishment, he won't say it directly, but make some comments on the decoration of your office. This is called "using the topic".
social activity
Even in business activities, Europeans and Americans often invite their negotiating opponents to their homes or attend cocktail parties. But in Japan, such social activities are not common. Japanese people like to invite guests to restaurants or restaurants for dinner, and then go to bars for drinks. Japanese businessmen regard entertaining customers as a means to influence them. The Japanese-English compound "nominalization" appears in Japanese. "NOMI—-" means drinking in Japanese, while "-NIC" comes from "communication" in English. It can be seen that the Japanese attach importance to eating and drinking.
Over the past 65,438+0,500 years, the Japanese have created many beautiful garden landscapes by studying and thinking about China gardens. In addition to the traditional "harmony between man and nature", Japanese gardens pay more attention to teaching humility, because they believe that gardeners are only natural students, and no matter how hard people try, the power of nature is always great and worth learning.
Gaze at the rising horizon of the sun
You may find it incredible that Japanese people seem to like bathing very much. Even in their garden design, the bathtub occupies a very important position.
The Japanese will never miss any opportunity to enjoy the scenery, especially in a relaxing bathtub; For the Japanese, this is not only the cleanliness and comfort of the body, but also the sublimation and condensation of the soul. So, inevitably, in a corner near the landscape, the bathtub was buried underground, rather than protruding from the ground; There may be a transparent glass partition between the bathtub and the garden, but there will be no line of sight in any case. In this way, people lie in the bathtub, the line of sight is just the same as the horizon, and the visual plane of people is also flush with the ground.
Can you imagine the meaning of this plane? The sun rises and sets from this plane; The sea is separated from the sky by this plane; Every seed breaks through this plane to feel the air and sunshine; Animals and humans come into contact with the earth through this plane under the action of gravity ... However, with the help of the height endowed by nature and the high-rise buildings cast under the inspiration of nature, we can always set our eyes high on this plane and look down on it forever.
Self-reflection will stand higher.
Higher horizons often represent a strong angle, but they are also associated with hegemony, coercion, killing and ignorance; The lower your horizon, the closer you are to the earth, so that you can truly understand the relationship between man and nature and other life and gain higher wisdom.
This thought actually inherited the classical culture of China: Laozi's "excluding metaphysics", Yijing's "emptiness and tranquility", Guo's "learning from mountains and rivers" all put forward this thought.
Japanese people provide people with opportunities for introspection through bathtub design. When people clean their bodies, they clean the dust in their hearts. At this time, you will once again experience the power of nature.
More importantly, this kind of introspection that lowers the line of sight represents the relationship between man and nature. And the spirit of respecting nature in Japanese gardens. This is the spirit of "listening to nature" that western artists fail to realize.
The culture of "bathing together" represents returning to nature.
Japan not only reduces people's sight through the bathtub design in gardens, but also exists in its tradition of "bathing together".
Japan has always had the tradition of men and women bathing together and parents and children bathing together. At first glance, it seems a bit erotic and strange.
According to the Japanese psychologist's explanation: "Human beings are born with the desire to return to their mother's womb. Soaking in the bathtub is like soaking in the amniotic fluid in the mother's abdomen, which gives them a sense of security and peace of mind, so they feel liberated from fatigue after taking a shower and feel very happy. "
Different from the "happiness" in Europe and America, the happiness of Japanese people is characterized by individuality, introversion, introspection and the pursuit of spiritual bliss.
In this introspective and happy bath, there is no difference between wearing a gold shirt and wearing a straw coat, only the differences endowed by nature to human beings, and they are honest with each other without barriers. Especially in Japan, where men dominate, it is even more commendable to call on men to lower their eyes and face women equally.
"Bathing together" culture is also closely related to Japanese education. Parents are the first teachers for children to know men and women. When children are in naked contact with their parents, they will naturally return to their nature, be honest with each other about their hearts and families, and speak their minds without scruple; From the perspective of parents, lower your eyes, face your children, and even listen to questions about sexual organs. The Japanese believe that this can make parents look at them with children's eyes, thus reducing children's lack of will in childhood, such as loneliness and self-confidence.
Here, the "same bath" culture and the unique bathtub design complement each other, and both represent a philosophy of life that lowers the line of sight, blends with nature and gains deeper understanding and greater wisdom.
3. Asakusa, which brings together the essence of Japanese traditional culture, has returned to its peak.
In the cherry blossom season, we came to Asakusa, which brings together the essence of Japanese traditional culture. Asakusa is located in Tokyo, Japan, and still retains the folk customs of the Edo era.
Gold fishing bodhisattva
Sensoji Temple in the center of Asakusa is the oldest temple in Tokyo, with a plaque of "Kannonji" hanging in the middle, in which Guanyin Bodhisattva is enshrined. Sensoji Temple has a long history. It is said that in 628 AD, a pair of brothers who made a living by fishing found the Guanyin statue in the corner of Lany (the "mother river" of Tokyo) and thought it was "the appearance of Guanyin". Therefore, people built temples to worship Guanyin in the local area. Later, the temple suffered from repeated wars and was destroyed several times. During the Edo period, Tokugawa Guang Jia, the third generation general of Tokugawa shogunate, rebuilt Sensoji Temple, transforming it into a big temple and a playground for ordinary people. Sensoji Temple area has become prosperous since then.
The symbol of Sensoji Temple is the Gate of Storm and Thunder, with red lanterns with the words "Thunder Gate" hanging on it, which is very eye-catching and adds a lot of style to Sensoji Temple. On both sides of the "Thunder Gate", there are two majestic generals, Fengshen and Raytheon, guarding Sensoji Temple.
Sensoji Temple is full of incense. Although it is a warm and cold day, it is already a tourist. As soon as I set foot in Kannonji, I found people worshipping Buddha, throwing incense money and drawing lots to add lanterns and incense. Legend has it that when the smoke from the incense burner in front of Kannonji hangs over your body, your illness will be cured.
When Sensoji Temple draws lots, he first shakes the trumpet, shakes out the number, and then looks for a lot according to the number. The autograph is a Chinese poem with Japanese commentary. It is said that people will happily take home after drawing a lucky sign. If they draw an dissatisfied sign, they will tie it to a tree in order to get lucky.
Because lovers often come to Asakusa to draw lots to ask questions, Japanese romantic dramas are often filmed on location in Sensoji Temple.
All kinds of goods are exquisite.
People who come to Asakusa not only want to pray and worship Buddha in Sensoji Temple, but also want to go shopping, or come to see acrobatics and the theatre. The "Nakajima" Avenue in front of the temple is about 300 meters long. This is an old edo street. On both sides of the road are rows of shops, large and small, handed down from the Edo era. The scarlet facade sells all kinds of handicrafts, kimonos, fabrics and snacks that Japanese people like to eat. Fan shop, kimono shop, toy shop, souvenir shop, mascot shop, doll shop ... there are many kinds of shops, which make people dizzying.
The Japanese have a saying about various auspicious handicrafts. For example, flying kites in the sky symbolizes high income and reputation; Shoes are mascots for prosperity of family business, safety of family property and safe journey. Sensoji Temple has all kinds of amulets, which makes people feel at ease. For example, the doll amulet marked with the words "Asakusa Guanyin" is a traditional Japanese girl with bright colors and exquisite production.
Traditional folk activities place
The "Sanshe Festival" held in Asakusa every May is the biggest festival in Tokyo. The "Three Societies Festival" lasts for three days. People dressed in Edo costumes, in groups of twenty or thirty, carried the "holy land" of the gods to the temple. This activity shows the temperament of people living in civilian areas of Tokyo, which is called "Edo temperament". Asakusa also has an "imported" "Samba Festival". "Samba Festival" is no less than "Sanshe Festival". People have to revel for three days in a row, among which the samba dance parade is the most lively. Samba Festival also hosts Samba Grand Prix and beauty contest every year. The generous bonuses make Brazilian girls and Japanese beauties from afar show their talents and compete fiercely ... The ghost lamp market in summer, the chicken market in vulture shrine in early winter and the badminton market at the end of the year are also very distinctive. Therefore, Asakusa is the most popular place in Japan, with a constant flow of people all year round.
4. Similarities and differences between Japanese and China customs.
Although there are many similarities between Japanese customs and China customs, there are still many differences. When you arrive in Japan, don't take it for granted according to some customs in China, make it clear in advance, and then do as the Romans do. Otherwise, it will cause some embarrassment and misunderstanding because it does not conform to the habit.
Japanese people love to drink, often like China. But Japanese toast is different from China's. People in China clink glasses with each other, and the toast should be made first. Japanese are different. The toasting party took the bottle and kept filling it for the other party, but he didn't drink it. Moreover, in order to show sincerity, we often kneel in front of people we admire and bow our heads to show our respect until they are drunk by him.
Japanese like tea as much as China. But when they drink tea, they never put it directly in the teacup, but in a small teapot with a filter. When pouring tea, you don't fill it all at once, like China did. You take half a cup as a respect and generally don't renew your tea. This often makes it difficult for China people who are used to drinking big bowls of tea to quench their thirst.
In Japanese, the pronunciation of "comb" is homophonic with "bitter death", so Japanese people are afraid to give "comb", and in more luxurious hotel rooms, there are few combs for guests to use. If the Japanese don't take the initiative, you must never lend him the comb casually.
Japanese people are very particular about the orientation of sleeping, and they are most afraid of sleeping with their heads facing north, because when the dead are dead, their heads are facing north. Therefore, when you live in a Japanese house and make your bed in the morning, you must not put your pillow in the north. "North pillow" means death.
Japanese always smoke separately, unlike smokers in China who like to respect each other. Because the Japanese think that everyone likes different brands and tastes of cigarettes, there is no need to force others to smoke their favorite cigarettes.
Japanese people like China's calligraphy seal cutting, so China people often give some simple seal cutting seals as gifts to Japanese friends. However, it should be remembered that in their customs, an incomplete seal is unlucky.