Wind chime festival in Japan

In Japanese poetry, wind chimes are called "romantic poems in summer". In May, the temperature rises all over Japan. At this time, no matter in rural or urban areas, people mostly like to hang a small wind chime under the eaves or in ventilated corridors.

An ordinary wind chime is like an upside-down teacup, with a small stick hanging from it, a piece of thread hanging from the lower end of the stick, and a slender piece of paper called a "short book" tied to it.

In the depressed and irritable summer days, the ears are full of noisy chirping cicadas. Only when the breeze blows, the short books whirl around in the wind, driving the small sticks to hit the wind chimes constantly, and the crisp jingle sometimes sounds like Oriole's ringing, and sometimes it sounds like a swallow whispering. In the hot summer days, it makes people feel relaxed and relaxed, and the heat is unconsciously reduced a little.

from July to the end of August, the wind chime festival was held. Thousands of wind chimes gathered from all over the country are hanging all over the yard. Every time the wind chimes sway, the cool sound spreads.

In ancient times, summer epidemics with weak physical strength prevailed, and ominous prayers were held in shrines and monasteries.

It is said that the cool timbre of wind chimes brings disaster, which comes from Buddhism.

wind chime festival. From Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south, wind chimes from all over Japan gathered together and played a brisk song. Among them, as characteristic wind chimes, rare wind chimes such as "Damo Wind chimes" and "Peony Wind chimes" can only be obtained at this wind chime festival.

The wind chime of Damo is a combination of a cast wind chime with clear sound, high in the middle and low on both sides, and a wind chime of Damo to exorcise evil spirits and attract good fortune. Edo wind chimes are famous for their hand-blown glass, and peony wind chimes are specially painted on Edo wind chimes.

wind chimes are hung in front of and behind the house as evil spirits. It is believed that no evil spirits and ghosts can get close to each other within the range where the bell can be heard.

In Japan, there is a folk legend that at the end of Meiji, there was a long steep slope near Tokyo's Jingqiao, where ghosts haunted from time to time, and no one dared to walk after dark. One day, a vendor selling wind chimes came home late. When he passed this barren hill slope, he saw a gentle and graceful woman standing on the side of the road, covering her face with long sleeves and sobbing. So the vendor asked, "Honey, why are you crying?" I asked again and again, but the woman didn't answer. The peddler couldn't help pulling at the woman's sleeve.

The woman slowly turned around, but it turned out to be a face without mouth, nose and eyes as smooth as an eggshell. The peddler let out a loud cry and ran away. The wind chimes behind him are ringing loudly. The woman was going to catch up, but she suddenly disappeared as soon as she heard the bell.

The tinkling sound of wind chimes is simple and ethereal. The Japanese believe that this is in line with their aesthetic psychology of advocating indifference and elegance. It is extremely popular among nobles and is called the "organ" and has become the object of poets' chanting.

at that time, the price of wind chimes was high and hard to find, which was beyond the reach of ordinary people. In the Edo era, the production process was advanced and mass production was possible, which made it popular among the people, became an indispensable fashion item in summer, and also formed a unique bell culture in Japan.

At present, there are many kinds of wind chimes, such as gold, silver, copper and other metals, stones and pottery, and shells are strung together as wind chimes near the sea.

Ordinary wind chimes are made of iron and glass. The most famous ones are "Southern Wind Chimes" and "Edo Wind Chimes". The southern wind chimes are named after being made of iron produced in the south, with a soft and long sound and a meaningful aftertaste. Edo wind chimes are made of glass, which is named after mass production in Edo period.

Nowadays, most Japanese people hang this kind of glass wind chime. On the inside of Edo wind chimes, most of them are painted with various patterns, with short volumes falling and poems inscribed on them.

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