This is first installment of a
two-part series of this topic.
“Neither heat nor cold lasts beyond the
equinox”
The idiomatic phrase expressing the climate of Japan
has " Neither heat nor cold lasts beyond the equinox“, It say that lingering summer heat and lingering
cold will continues to until around the spring and autumn equinox, and its
climate become mild when passing beyond its Higan.
It seems that the origin of the name
of Higanbana has become the origin of the Japanese name of this flower because
it begins to bloom in autumn's Higan.
Remrks:
Higan(two period of
seven days with the middle day falling on the spring or autumn equinox):the
word higan meaning”the other shore,”in
Buddhism,nirvana.
During higan the
spirits of ancestors are recalled. Buddhist rites carried out and family graves visited.(quote
from NIPPON,The Land and Its People)
このトピック2回シリーズの1回目です。
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日本の気候を表す慣用句に「暑さ寒さも彼岸まで」があり、残寒・残暑は彼岸のころまで続き、彼岸をすぎるとやわらぐという。ヒガンバナの名前の由来は秋のヒガンの頃咲き始めるのでこの花の日本名の由来となったらしい。
備考
彼岸(春分の日と秋分の日を中心とした前後の7日間)：彼岸とは向こう岸の意味で、仏教では悟りの世界の事である。先祖の霊を呼び、仏事を行い、墓にお参りをする）
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