Japanese Art & Traditions

Another tradition in Japan is, ah, holiday that they celebrate.

That is just for kids that are turning 75 and

three. This special holiday is celebrated every November 15th.

So guess what?

It's coming up soon, and we're going to celebrate it

because I bet a lot of you are turning seven.

Yeah, it's November 15th and it's called.

She she goes on, which means 753 If you are

75 or three years old, then this is your holiday.

Parents take their Children who have reached thes ages to

the temple to pray for health and happiness.

Now, why do they do this?

Why do Children have a special holiday?

The reason is that very, very long ago ah, lot

of Children did not survive to these ages.

There were things like sickness or lack of food or

dirty drinking water.

They didn't have sanitation like we have now.

So ah, lot of Children didn't make it to these

ages. And so they would pray to their gods for

protection of the Children, and they would celebrate it when

they made it to 75 and three years of age.

So happy she she goes on to you.

Children Learn origami in school Origami is the ancient art

of folding paper into shapes such as animals or things

found in nature.

Now remember Japan Art Japanese art is all about nature.

Birds and trees and the sky, the sun, the waves

of the ocean, the mountains Mount Fuji.

So a lot of their art is about nature.

The word origami means paper folding, and people in Japan

have been doing it for hundreds of years.

Origami was once used in religious ceremonies.

Today it is a popular hobby.

Maybe you have some hobbies, like art or things that

you like to collect or books you like to read.

In Japan, the Children learn how to do origami.

And guess what?

Miss Lion gave you some origami paper in your math

manipulative baggy.

And there's some links for you to download a pdf

of some of my favorite origami, um, folding paper ideas,

and we've given you a packet.

Also, that's in your new packet that's coming up that

has a couple of ideas for things that you could

make out of origami.

So I hope you enjoy that.

Well, have you heard of flower arranging in Japan.

Flower arranging is known as Vonna.

It is very popular in Japan to do it correctly.

There are many rules to follow.

For example, there are set numbers of branches and flowers

for certain kinds of arrangements.

Stems arranged a certain way might represent mountains.

The pedals oven open flower might be a pond.

They do beautiful flower arranging in Japan, and they love

to celebrate the cherry blossoms, which symbolized spring and the

beginning of the rice planting season in Japan.

And we also celebrate the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.

C. Where I'm from.

Every spring we have the Cherry Blossom Festival with the

beautiful cherry blossom trees that were a gift from Japan

to the United States.

Another popular art in Japan is bonsai.

Bonsai is the art of growing miniature trees.

They're so tiny and they look like full grown trees.

But they're tiny, tiny trees.

There are lots of rules to follow here, to Bonzai,

trees can live for hundreds of years, and oftentimes, when

people pass away, they will give their bonzai trees to

their family so that they will be taken care of

for generations.

Every spring in Japan, people spend time admiring the beautiful

cherry blossoms that bloom for just a short time.

They only bloom for a week.

There are flower watching parties, picnics and celebrations.

Long ago, the arrival of the cherry blossom was a

sign that it was the beginning of the rice planting

season. Yeah, And here excuse me, is a photo of

me in Washington D.

C. During the Cherry Blossom Festival.

Japanese Art & Traditions

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