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Japanese Moon Festival is brought from China. During the Heian period or the Tsukii festival, TSUKIMI or OTSUKIMI

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According to the tradition of white Japan, the full moon in mid-autumn is called Tsukiishi or Okazaki, and today it is celebrated all over Japan. It is said that the moon festival of Japan brought from China. During the Heian period Some say that the Tsukii Festival. It has been since the Nara period. (710-794), not in the Heian period. (794-1185). The Tsukiichi festival will be held on the 15th of August according to the lunar calendar. The Japanese are called Jugoya. The meaning is that the night of the 15th Jubilee, according to the solar calendar, will change every year. But most are in September and October. The moon in Jujuy may not be full. It is believed that the moon will be the most beautiful glow each year.

The Japanese celebrate this festival quite simply by tradition. Until the Meiji period (1868), the festival was not celebrated with great success from the days of the day until night. After that, the Moon Festival is back to its traditional way. And when the moon festival is more popular. Both nobles and elites cruise to see the beauty of the moon reflected on the water. Some read poetry under the moonlight as well. Traditionally, it is performed in open spaces and high ground. Or may bring flowers of the fallen wood to the vase in the house in the moonlight.

 

The most popular and well-known food in this festival is the rooster, or the small white rice made from rice. If you are afraid of being greasy, then use Japanese sweet sauce to add flavor. And with the beauty of the pastry and time arranged on the plate. So it became that Tsukiimi is a dessert that must have during the moon to do it in. The other desserts are like. Japanese albatross and japanese pumpkin. And if you cook other dishes, such as Tsukiji Soba (Japanese small noodles) or Japanese Sugiyama (thick noodles) and add eggs. Go down This is the time to watch the moon together.

 

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