Food offerings equinox

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Food offerings for Spring Equinox

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Mid-Spring
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

March is the time for the Spring Equinox.

Food offerings for the spring equinox include fruit and vegetables.
They are offered at the house altar and the graves of the ancestors.
(And mostly later eaten by the whole family.)




お彼岸のお供えもの　果物



ohagi, o-hagi お彼岸おはぎ
rice dumplings filled with sweet bean paste
another important offering

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Various kinds of special HIGAN sets are now offered at our local stores and shops.


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. Food offerings from the Sea and the Mountains
Umi no Sachi, Yama no Sachi
海の幸 山の幸



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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way


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HAIKU and SENRYU


春彼岸供へてまずい物はなし
haru higan sonaete mazui mono wa nashi

spring equinox ...
there is nothing not suitable
as an offering

Nakayama Ishino 中山石野


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Related words

***** . Spring equinox 春彼岸 haru higan 　


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