*Children's Day Decollation form the Nursery School*
When I was coming back from shopping several days ago, I found Carp Streamer decorated at the Nursery School. May 5th is Children's Day or Boys Festival, traditional holiday in Japan and people start decorating two items to pray for the growth of boys around this time of the year. One is the armor ←link and the other is Carp streamer ←link. I think these carp streamers are not decorated as many as they used to be.
The reason of why
carp is used for the design The
carp design is derived from a Chinese legend. In the legend, a carp which could
successfully run up against a waterfall becomes a dragon (in Japan, it is
believed that there are millions of gods and dragon is thought to be one of
them). From this legend, carp is thought to be a symbol of success and people
in Japan began to fly Carp Streamers to wish their child future success.
 ＊For Saturday Critters＊  *Beautiful flower arrangement from our friend*  Thank you very much for stopping by, Hoping that you all are having beautiful season♬ |
Wow talk about nice, great pics
ReplyDeleteI think that in Finland we don’t celebrate Children’s Day. Very interesting dear Miyako. Wishing you a good start to May.
ReplyDeleteHello Miyako,
ReplyDeleteThe Carp Streamers look fun and pretty. Children's Day is a nice celebration. The Pheasant is a handsome bird, love the photos. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend.
Miyako - a lovely collection of carp streamers. I wonder if I can find them in the US ... And the flower arrangement with the tulips is so creative. Thank you for linking to Mosaic Monday!
ReplyDeleteThe carp streamers are very pretty! The pheasant is very handsome.
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