Monday, September 10, 2012

2012.9.9

It was very hot today.
September 9 is choyo (重陽)  Double Nineth Festival or kiku no sekku (菊の節句) Chrysanthemum Festival.  There are five festivals in a year.  They are jinjitsu (人日) on January 7, joshi (上巳) on March 3, tango (端午) on May 5, tanabata (七夕) on July 7, and choyo on September 9.  March 3 is also known as momo no sekku (桃の節句) Peach Festival which is girl's festival, and May 5 is also known as shobu no sekku (菖蒲の節句) Calamus Festival which is boy's festival.
But as far as I know we do not do anything special these days for choyo.
September 9 is written as 9.9.  9 is read as kyu.  So it is read kyukyu.  Therefore September 9 is known as kyukyu no hi (救急の日), Day of Emergency.

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