Hanami (花見? lit. "flower viewing") is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, "flower" in this case almost always meaning cherry blossoms (桜 or 櫻 sakura?), or ume blossoms (梅 ume?). For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted Standards norms social norms or criteria, often taking the form of A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also Prunus serrulata (syn Cerasus serrulata (Lindl Loudon Japanese Cherry, also called Hill Cherry, Oriental Cherry or East From late March to early May, sakura bloom all over Japan. The blossom forecast (桜前線 sakurazensen?, lit. cherry blossom front) is announced each year by the weather bureau, and is watched carefully by those planning hanami as the blossoms only last a week or two. In modern-day Japan, hanami mostly consists of having an outdoor party beneath the sakura during daytime or at night. Hanami at night is called yozakura (lit. "night sakura"). In many places such as Ueno Park temporary paper lanterns are hung for the purpose of yozakura. is a spacious public park located in the Ueno section of Taito Tokyo, Japan. A lantern is a Portable Lighting device used to illuminate broad areas
History
The practice of hanami is many centuries old. The custom is said to have started during the Nara Period (710–794) when the Chinese Tang Dynasty influenced Japan in many ways; one of which was the custom of enjoying flowers. The of the History of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by Though it was ume blossoms that people admired in the beginning, by the Heian Period, sakura came to attract more attention. The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. From then on, in tanka and haiku, "flowers" meant "sakura. is a form of Japanese poetry. Previously called "
Hanami was first used as a term analogous to cherry blossom viewing in the Heian era novel Tale of Genji. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story is a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early eleventh century around the peak of the Heian Period Whilst a wisteria viewing party was also described, from this point on the terms "hanami" and "flower party" were only used to describe cherry blossom viewing. Wisteria is a Genus of about ten species of woody climbing Vines native to the eastern United States and the East Asian states of China
Sakura originally was used to divine that year's harvest as well as an announcer of the rice-planting season. is the capital city of Ōita Prefecture located on the island of Kyūshū, Japan. In Agriculture, the harvest is the process of Gathering mature crops from the fields Reaping is the cutting of Grain Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many People believed in gods' existence inside the trees and made offerings at the root of sakura trees. Afterwards, they partook of the offering with sake.
Emperor Saga of the Heian Period adopted this practice, and held flower-viewing parties with sake and feasts underneath the blossoming boughs of sakura trees in the Imperial Court in Kyoto. Emperor Saga (嵯峨天皇 Saga-tennō) (786&ndash842 was the 52nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession Imperial Court in Kyoto was the nominal ruling government of Japan from 794 AD until the Meiji Era, in which the court was moved to Tokyo (IPA /kʲoːto / is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. Poems would be written praising the delicate flowers, which were seen as a metaphor for life itself, luminous and beautiful yet fleeting and ephemeral. Life is a state that distinguishes Organisms from non-living objects such as non-life and dead organisms being manifested by growth through Metabolism This was said to be the origin of hanami in Japan.
The custom was originally limited to the elite of the Imperial Court, but soon spread to samurai society and, by the Edo period, to the common people as well. is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial Japan. The, also referred to as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai) is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 Tokugawa Yoshimune planted areas of cherry blossom trees to encourage this. was the eighth Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1716 until his abdication in 1745 Under the sakura trees, people had lunch and drank sake in cheerful feasts.
Today, the Japanese people continue the tradition of hanami, gathering in great numbers wherever the flowering trees are found. Thousands of people fill the parks to hold feasts under the flowering trees, and sometimes these parties go on until late at night. In more than half of Japan, the cherry blossoming period coincides with the beginning of the scholastic and fiscal years, and so welcoming parties are often opened with hanami. An academic term is a division of an academic year the time during which a School, College or University holds classes A fiscal year (or financial year, or sometimes budget year) is a period used for calculating annual ("yearly" Financial statements in Businesses The Japanese people continue the tradition of hanami by taking part in the processional walks through the parks. This is a form of retreat for contemplating and renewing their spirits.
The teasing proverb dumplings rather than flowers (花より団子 hana yori dango?) hints at the real priorities for most cherry blossom viewers, meaning that people are more interested in the food and drinks that accompany a hanami party rather than actually viewing the flowers themselves. (A punning variation, Boys Over Flowers (花より男子 Hana Yori Dango?), is the title of a manga and anime series. A pun (or paronomasia) is a Phrase that deliberately exploits confusion between similar-sounding Words for humorous or Rhetorical is a Japanese Shōjo manga series by Yoko Kamio. It was serialized in the bi-weekly anthology magazine Margaret, which is aimed at high-school-age ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly (anime in Japanese, )
Dead bodies are buried under the cherry trees! is a popular saying about hanami, after the opening sentence of the 1925 short story "Under the Cherry Trees" by Motojirō Kajii. was a Japanese Author of the Shōwa period. He left masterpieces of poetic short stories such as "The Lemon" "Winter Days" and "Under
See also
External links
- Hanami in Philadelphia! Information on the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia
- Hanami in Japan! Information on Hanami and other annual events across Japan.
- Hanami Fun Facts — Japanzine:Field Guide to Japan by Zack Davisson
- Hanami Manners 101 — Japanzine by Emily Millar
- Kyotoview — Hanami In Kyoto
For the Noh and Kabuki plays by this name see Momijigari (play. The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring celebration in Washington D The International Cherry Blossom Festival is held in Macon Georgia every spring
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