Doll's Festival ひな祭り

Doll's Festival  ひな祭り

The Doll’s Festival occurs on March 3 and is an occasion to pray for young girls' growth and happiness.
ひな祭りは３月３日、女の子の成長や幸福を願う行事です。
Most homes with girls display dolls for the Doll's Festival and dedicate to them peach blossoms, rice cake cubes, special colored and diamond-shaped rice cakes, white sake, and other items.
女の子のいる家庭の多くはひな人形を飾り、桃の花やひなあられ、菱餅、白酒などをひな人形に供えます。
The origin of the Doll’s Festival is an ancient Chinese practice in which the sin of the body and misfortune are transferred to a doll and washed away by setting the doll in a river to drift away.
ひな祭りの起源は、身のけがれや災いを人形に移し、川に流して厄払いしたという古代中国の風習にあります。
When this practice spread to Japan, it was linked to girl's playing with dolls and, in the Edo Period (1603-1867), was developed into the Doll’s Festival.
これが日本に伝わると女の子の人形遊びと結び付き、江戸時代（1603-1867）からはひな祭りとして行われるようになりました。