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SUMMARY:People’s Day 人日の節句　じんじつのせっく　
DESCRIPTION:Just to Be Healthy After a Couple of Days of Gluttony\nPeople’s Day is one of the five seasonal festivals (五節句, gosekku). In Japan it is also known as ‘The Feast of the Seven Herbs (七草の節句, nanakusa no sekku). It best known as the time to eat foods made from seven specific herbs. Though the herbs differ by region, usually they are Water Celery (せり 芹), Shepherd’s Purse (なずな 薺), Chickweeds (はこべら 繁縷), Henbit deadnettle (ほとけのざ 仏の座), Gnaphalium affine aka Cudweed (ごぎょう 御形), Shepherd’s Purse (ナズナ 菘) and Suzushiro Daikon (すずしろ 蘿蔔). The name of this holiday comes from the first line of the Five Verses. The purpose of eating the seven herbs on Person’s Day is to refresh the digestive system after lots of not so healthy New Year’s holiday food and to promote long life without sickness.\nChinese Origins of People’s Day\nRenri (人日 Chinese pronunciation of the same kanji) is the 7th day of the first lunar month called Zhengyue. Accordingly, humans were created on this day! So the order of creation went like this; day 1 of Zhengyue – chickens, day 2 of Zhengyue – dogs, day 3 0f Zhengyue – boars, day 4 of Zhengyue – sheep, day 5 of Zhengyue – cows, day 6 of Zhengyue – horses, and day 7 of Zhengyue – last but not least, people! In China this is also a time to eat dishes made of seven different kinds of vegetables, but can vary widely depending on where you are.\nWhy Are The Japanese and Chinese People’s Day Holidays No Longer In Sync\nIn Japan when the old Chinese calendar was changed over to the Western calendar, the Japanese kept the literal dates of many holidays, but applied them to the new calendar which started on January 1st, instead of sometime in February.  But in China and other places in Asia the traditional Chinese holidays are still celebrated during their traditional times using the ancient Chinese lunar calendar. So the Chinese Renri holiday is the seventh day after Chinese New Year!\nReferences\nIn Japanese\n人日の節句 From Iroha-Japan.Net ( http://iroha-japan.net/iroha/A03_goseku/01_jinjitsu.html )\n 人日の節句 From Kotobank.p ( https://kotobank.jp/word/人日の節句-899572 )\n人日（じんじつ）の節句：１月７日 From Weblio ( https://www.weblio.jp/content/人日の節句 )\nPicture from Japan.net ( https://www.jalan.net/yad394547/blog/entry0004897425.html ).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n子どもに伝えたい歳時記ごはん　家族と楽しむ季節のイベント （講談社のお料理BOOK） [ えとにママ ]価格：1320円（税込、送料無料) (2021/1/5時点)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n英訳付き ニッポンの名前図鑑　和食・年中行事 An Illustrated Guide to Japanese Cooking and Annual Events [ 服部幸應 ]価格：1540円（税込、送料無料) (2021/1/5時点)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nrakuten_design="slide";rakuten_affiliateId="194c1902.4e292998.194c1903.70e7fb9d";rakuten_items="ranking";rakuten_genreId="0";rakuten_size="728x200";rakuten_target="_blank";rakuten_theme="gray";rakuten_border="on";rakuten_auto_mode="on";rakuten_genre_title="off";rakuten_recommend="on";rakuten_ts="1582255594289";\n\nBuy me a coffee, or two, or three ;-DThanks you for your support!Click Here for PayPal.me\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n
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