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2019年10月4日金曜日
2019年10月1日火曜日
Red spider lily,Higanbana(ヒガンバナ)
This is first installment of a two-part
series of this article.
The
Japanese name of this flower is called Higanbana
or Manjusyage.
This
flower name comes from the autumnal equinox.
Higanbana top four characters higan means equinox, last four
bana means flowers.
That is, this flower seems to have been
named the higanbana because it blooms
at the time of the autumnal equinox.
The word higan(彼岸) meaning “the other shore,” or, in Buddhism,nirvana,and is a Buddhist holiday exclusively celebrated by Japanese sects during
both the Spring and Autumnal Equinox.
During higan the spirits
of ancestors are recalled, Buddhist rites carry out and family visit their
graves .
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