New Year is a special holiday that each of us wants to celebrate in a place that will set the tone for the whole coming year. Someone chooses for themselves a snow-covered fairy tale of a ski resort, someone a leisurely vacation on the shores of a turquoise beach or bright festivities of a large metropolis. But there is a place in the world where in this holiday one can feel the real symbolism of the beginning of the countdown. Japan is not only the land of the rising sun, where the clock strikes midnight earlier than in other parts of the world, it is also the land of centuries-old traditions of celebrating the new year.
A great variety of Buddhist rituals and Shinto customs that arose during the celebration of this holiday lunar calendar, migrated to our times, when the countdown is carried out according to the Gregorian.
Come to Japan a few days before the new year and taste the pre-New Year mood of the Japanese preparing for the big holiday. Everything is carefully cleaned and cleaned, unnecessary things are thrown away and used souvenirs and amulets of the outgoing year are scrapped. Temples and monasteries are especially carefully preparing for the holiday, because it is here that people flock to new year's eve thousands, if not millions of visitors, both Japanese and tourists. If you are lucky, you can even see the monks climbing the Big Buddha in Nara and rubbing it to a shine.
There is a lot of fuss in large department stores - carefully selected, packed in several layers of "oseibo" - New Year's gifts for colleagues and business partners, New Year's cards "nengadze" are printed, which every acquaintance should receive and by all means before January 1. in offices and educational institutions New Year's Eve parties "bonenkai", "white collars" will die down and students will leave large cities a day or two before the holiday to spend time with their families.
The period from December 31 to January 3 is the time to come to Tokyo, Yokohama or Osaka to see the metropolis resting from the daily bustle and feel the "family" of the holiday. Everything is decorous, quiet, calm, without loud festivities and all-night explosions of firecrackers that accompany New Year's Eve with us. There is also no custom here to accompany the New Year's Eve with lavish feasts; an established set of several dishes endowed with a certain symbolism is prepared for the holiday. In the lacquered Juubako food boxes you will find long soba noodles, the so-called Toshikoshi soba, which symbolizes longevity, black beans as a symbol of health, dried sardines as a symbol of a rich harvest in the coming year, herring roe as a wish for a large number of children ... and another one and a half a dozen other ingredients, neatly separated from each other by the edges of the boxes. All these products are well stored and are designed to remove the burden of cooking from Japanese housewives for three new year's day when you should only relax, make wishes for the coming year and visit loved ones. Come try the New Year's dishes and feel for yourself their "charge" for well-being in the coming year!
On December 31st around midnight, go to a major temple such as Meiji Shrine in Tokyo to listen to the 108 chimes of the bell and be freed from the 108 human sins that may have been committed this year. In Shinto temples, too, there is nowhere for an apple to fall - the crowd slowly moves to a kind of altar to clap their hands and toss a coin for good luck. By the way, don't forget to turn in your old amulet and buy another - with the symbols of the new year. During public holidays almost all temples and monasteries are open, so you can see firsthand how obsolete symbols and amulets are burned. In the first days of the new year, a calm and peaceful atmosphere will reign here, it's time to devote the first hours of the year to tuning in a harmonious way.
Only in the Land of the Rising Sun, meeting the first dawn of the year is an invariable ritual that every self-respecting Japanese observes. To do this, it is not necessary not to close your eyes all night, many simply set an alarm and get up to meet the sun, which starts a new countdown.
But if you like to "light up the night", head to Roppongi Hills, fun parties in the entertainment facilities of the complex are waiting for you. The atmosphere of a futuristic city, multiplied by the fun, which is set by foreigners in local bars and clubs, will help you spend part of New Year's Eve in the usual turmoil of festive fun.
For tourists, January 1 is not only an opportunity to walk through the noticeably deserted streets and temples, but also a wonderful occasion to soak in the hot springs of Hakone, admiring the snow-covered peak of Mount Fuji. Onsens are simply a must-see for anyone who wants to experience Japan. Hot, mineral-rich onsen water is incredibly relaxing and leaves the skin amazingly velvety. Two or three dives in the onsen and you will see no trace of fatigue from yesterday's Roppong party!
January 2 is a special day, one of the few (January 2 and December 23) when the Imperial Palace in Tokyo opens its doors to visitors. Starting from 10 am until 2:20 pm, the emperor and members of his family will greet the people gathered in front of the palace, making short exits to the balcony. We would, of course, advise Special attention visiting the garden around the palace, because such an opportunity falls very infrequently, even for Tokyo residents.
If you meet New Year in Tokyo with children, and by the way, even without them, Tokyo Disneyland should become an obligatory part of your New Year's program. After all, the New Year is such a holiday when it is so nice to feel like a child and not just believe in a fairy tale, but see it with your own eyes. Colorful performances and shows, fireworks, incredibly steep slides and other attractions for an adrenaline injection - perhaps even a day will seem a little ... but there are so many interesting things to see in Japan.
Every little thing, decoration, rite of the New Year in Japan is made with meaning and taste. It's so easy to feel the New Year here, and not just celebrate it. Start the year right, and how to do it is best for you to learn from the Japanese.
New Year in Japan - O-shogatsu - is one of the main holidays for the inhabitants of the Land of the Rising Sun, along with the Day of the Foundation of the State and the Birthday of the Emperor. Until 1873, the Japanese celebrated the New Year according to the Chinese lunar calendar, but with the beginning of the Meiji era, they began to celebrate according to the Gregorian. At one time, the celebrations lasted all of January. Now the official holiday lasts from December 28 to January 4.
In general, any holiday in Japan is subject to strictly defined rules and rituals. It just doesn't do anything.
Preparations begin in early December.
Holiday fairs and bazaars open. It is here that you can buy basic gifts, souvenirs, amulets, other talismans and ritual items needed to celebrate the New Year. Hamaimi - blunt arrows with white plumage, which protect the house from troubles and evil forces.
Takarabune - boats with rice and other treasures, on which sit seven gods, symbolizing prosperity and happiness. Such boats, as well as pictures depicting seven gods, are placed under the pillow on New Year's Eve to have a prophetic dream.
Daruma is a Buddhist deity, a doll similar to a tumbler made of wood or papier-mâché. Daruma initially has no eyes. One eye will be drawn to her by her owner when she makes a cherished wish. But the second eye does not appear in every daruma. It is drawn only if a wish is fulfilled within a year. Then the doll will be given the most honorable place in the house. And, if the wish does not come true, then the doll will be burned along with other attributes of the New Year's Eve. And hopes will be pinned on the next doll.
Mandatory talisman for good luck - kumade (bear paw). It looks like a rake made from bamboo. It is believed that they are very convenient to "rake in" happiness.
Bazaars and fairs are given a special flavor by hagoita (racquets for playing shuttlecock). On the reverse side racket boards are placed portraits of the actors of the theater "Kabuki" or scenes from his performances. Many hagoita are colorful panels, and therefore these fairs-markets are often called "hagoita-iti". Such a racket is considered an expensive gift. For each purchase, the Japanese will definitely receive a traditional figurine of an animal, under the sign of which the new year will pass.
One of the most obligatory rituals in anticipation of the New Year is house cleaning (susu harai - cleaning from soot and soot). Literally every corner must be cleaned. Dirty, untidy housing will not be visited by the Shinto Deity of the Year Toshigami, and then luck will bypass this house.
Then the house is decorated.
On both sides of the entrance to the house are placed kadomatsu - "pine tree at the entrance." This is a salutation to the deity new year holiday, made up of bamboo trunks, pine branches, fern branches, tangerines and other decorations. All the components of Christmas decorations symbolize something. Instead of kodomatsu, you can find shimenawa - a rope made of rice straw, twisted in a special way, and decorated with tangerines and fern leaves. These compositions invite happiness, good luck and health to the house.
In houses, instead of our traditional Christmas trees, the Japanese put up willow or bamboo branches, decorated with mochi balls, flowers and fruits. This - mochibana christmas tree. Small buns made from glutinous rice are dyed different colors and strung on branches.
Mochibana are painted in yellow, green or pink colors and installed in a conspicuous place or hung from the ceiling at the entrance, so that the deity of the New Year - Toshigami, "entering the house", immediately recalled his "duty" to take care of the hospitable hosts in the coming year. According to legend, at the end of the festivities, each member of the family had to eat as many motiban koloboks as he was that year, as this gives special strength.
Mochi are also used as decorations in the Japanese home. Pyramid of two cakes of different sizes, crowned with Japanese citrus daidai. This decoration is called "kagami-mochi".
On New Year's Eve, the Japanese decorate not only their homes, but also put themselves in order: take a bath (furo) and put on a new festive kimono. Children under 12 years of age should celebrate the New Year in new, never worn clothes.
The most important pre-New Year's ritual is the mailing of New Year's greeting cards(nengajo) depicting the symbol of the coming year - one of the twelve eastern signs of the zodiac. This tradition is given such great importance that even in primary school schools teach children how to write postcards correctly.
Many Japanese still even write their own text on a finished printed postcard and put a calligraphic signature, which indicates special respect for the addressee. But you can also buy a blank postcard to write and draw on it whatever your heart desires.
Postcards are sent by the thousands. After all, you need to congratulate literally all relatives, acquaintances and friends. Moreover, if you received a postcard from someone to whom you yourself did not send it, then you need to immediately correct the situation. It is advisable to send a response postcard by January 3rd. As a last resort, until the 7th, but already with apologies for being late. Those who have died in the past year are exempted from sending postcards. They must notify everyone in advance that they do not wish to receive congratulations this year.
In the last days of the year, all debts must be paid. Otherwise, they will roll over to the next year.
Holidays in Japan: the main resorts and attractions
You can't travel around countries like Japan in one visit, you can't explore. Only you can catch the atmosphere and make a general impression. And a long, complex wish list for the next visit. Let's try from the variety of resorts and cities to highlight the most popular and typical destinations for the country.
For most Japanese, work comes first. And celebrating holidays with colleagues is also an unbreakable tradition. All Japanese companies arrange bonenkai (forgetting the old year parties) for employees. Celebrate right at work or rent a restaurant. This evening (the only time in a year) the status frames are erased. There will be no punishment for familiarity and disrespect to the authorities.
Gifts are given, as a rule, on the eve of the New Year. The younger ones give gifts to the higher ones (seniors, teachers, relatives). Such gifts are called o-seibo. The cost of a gift to colleagues is clearly determined by rank. A gift can be ordered in advance in a special department of any store throughout December. It will be packed and delivered on the appointed day. Usually the first week of January.
Another type of gift is called otoshidama (treasure of the year). These are colorful envelopes, decorated with a special bow, with money. As a rule, such envelopes are given by fathers to their children. And in general, any older relatives - younger. Relatives of the older generation and people of the same position, as a rule, do not give anything to each other.
For the evening meal (omisoka) On December 31, the whole family gathers. There are no random items on the table. All with meaning. Thin buckwheat noodles symbolize longevity and well-being of the whole family.
Cold New Year's food (o-seti) is laid out in a four-story lacquer box. All these exotic dishes may not be the most delicious, but they contain a deep meaning and a whole philosophical system, because each product symbolizes some good. So, juubako (their food different types boiled fish, vegetables and eggs) contributes to the perfection of a person, giving him peace, vivacity, purposefulness. Kazunoko - salted herring roe in broth with soy sauce gives happiness in family life and many healthy children. Kuromame - sweetened boiled black soybeans health and longevity, kagami-mochi - wealth. For joy - seaweed prepared in a special way, for success in business - roasted chestnuts. All New Year's dishes are so skillfully and beautifully arranged in combination with flowers and utensils that it is not for nothing that the Japanese are figuratively said: they eat with their eyes, not with their mouths.
Before eating food, it is supposed to drink o-toso - a ceremonial drink. "Toso" means the destruction of evil spells and the upliftment of the human spirit. Sake for o-toso is prepared from the infusion of medicinal plants according to a Chinese recipe. Japan is literally obsessed with the ceremony of preparing various components of o-seti, mochi rice cakes and zoni soup.
Then smartly dressed Japanese gather in temples. First in Buddhist. Here they pray, thank the gods for all the good things in the past year, and ring the bell to attract their attention in the coming year. Ringing the bell with the onset of the New Year is a special success. But the most important element of farewell is the most interesting New Year's ritual of cleansing from all sins. The largest copper bell is struck 108 times with a heavy log suspended on chains, thus announcing the end of the old year and the beginning of a new one.
According to Buddhist beliefs, a person can have six vices: greed, anger, stupidity, frivolity, indecision and greed; each of them, in turn, has 18 different shades. Thus, a person is burdened by 108 pernicious passions. And every stroke of the bell on New Year's Eve drives away one of these misfortunes.
In general, Japan meets the New Year with a cleansing bell ringing from all temples.
Having cleansed themselves, the Japanese go to Shinto temples, where they are already waiting for stacks of kegs of Japanese vodka - sake.
True, fun, dancing and shouting "Kampai!" (a toast meaning "let's drink", "to health") will be a little later. First, a new fire will be lit - okera mairi. The dried roots of okera (Japanese chrysanthemum) are used on December 31 to light sacred lanterns in temples. From the lanterns, the Japanese will light their straw ropes and carry the fire into their homes to kindle the first fire in the dwelling or the fire next to it. For happiness and health in the New Year.
According to another tradition, on New Year's Eve, the Japanese go to bed early to meet the new year at dawn. With the first rays of the sun, they clap their hands in front of them. This ritual is called "kashiwade".
Then everyone again goes to the temples, where they throw coins on special white cloths and pray. After that, the Japanese buy wooden tablets, where they write appeals to the gods and omikuji - paper strips with fortune telling.
Returning home, the Japanese will wash themselves with special "young" water. Again, for happiness and wealth, they will drink “happiness tea” with pickled plums and eat all this ozone soup from beans, vegetables, mushrooms, fish, shrimp, chicken and ... mochi!
Then they go to visit. Moreover, such visits are often purely symbolic. It is enough to walk and leave business cards “I was here” on a special tray.
January 2 is dedicated to the beginning of business. The first calligraphy competition among schoolchildren, the first tea ceremony, And… the Japanese make their first purchases at the first auction. Of course ... for good luck!
And then another one or two weeks are devoted to festive events. Someone competes in knowledge of traditional Japanese poetry. The boys fly kites (tako-ge). Girls play shuttlecock (hanetsuki), the same rackets (hagoita). Snow festivals (yuki motsuri) are held in the northern regions of Japan. The festival in Sapporo is especially famous, where fortresses, cities are built from snow and historical figures are molded.
Yes. But what about "Santa Claus"? Of course, Japan also has it. His name is Segatsu-san (Lord New Year). He is wearing a sky blue kimono. During New Year's Eve (golden) week, he goes from house to house and office wishing the Japanese a Happy New Year. But he does not give gifts. Therefore, in recent years, more and more little Japanese people prefer Oji-san (actually Santa Claus), who appeared in Japan not so long ago, but ... with gifts that he brings by sea.
The New Year holidays are completed with the farewell to the Deity Toshigami with fire, in which all decorations and decorations are burned. This symbolizes the expulsion of evil spirits and the giving of healing properties to people.
Since time immemorial, the life path of the Japanese has been filled with rituals and traditions, many of which are associated with all months of the year. New Year is a holiday very beloved by the Japanese, it is an enchanting and colorful event. Holidays start on December 28 and continue until January 4. At this time, all things go by the wayside. Initially, the festival was celebrated according to the lunar calendar, and only by the end of the 19th century was it transferred to the Gregorian calendar.
Start preparing for it well in advance. At New Year's markets, you can buy anything: clothes, souvenirs, ritual accessories - blunt arrows with plumage white color designed to protect the house from misfortune and demonic forces, boats with rice, other “values” and seven deities that give good luck, bamboo rakes are a talisman that is incredibly in demand, because the Japanese are sure that it helps to “rake in” well-being. In stores, after each purchase, customers are given a souvenir consecrated by custom - a figurine of an animal patronizing the coming year.
Daruma dolls - new Year gifts exchanged by the Japanese, wishing for courage. The older the recipient, the larger its size. The doll's eyes are empty. Wishing for the fulfillment of a dream, the owner must independently draw the pupil in only one eye. All year the doll is kept in a conspicuous place in the house. If, before the New Year, another pupil is drawn on the doll, if the wish did not come true, it should be taken to the temple and burned there, and then another one should be purchased.
Pine at the entrance of the house is one of the most spectacular elements of decor for the coming year, it welcomes the New Year's deity. Pine, bamboo and rice straw rope adorned with fern twigs and tangerines are used in the manufacture of this talisman (in some cases, bunches of seaweed and dried shrimp are used). Each of the constituent elements has a certain meaning.
Since ancient times, according to custom, the house is decorated with bouquets of bamboo or willow twigs, on which sticky rice cakes are hung, having different shapes - fruits, flowers, fish. The composition is painted with pink, yellow or green paint, after which it is placed in a conspicuous place, but can also be hung in front of the entrance, on the ceiling. This is done so that the patron god of the coming year, entering the dwelling, does not forget to do good to the owners.
At midnight, the onset of the New Year is proclaimed by bells in Buddhist temples. The Buddhist religion says that people are burdened with 108 destructive addictions, and New Year's bells banish every misfortune.
After the final blow, the people leave their houses and meet the coming year with the appearance of the sun. According to beliefs, a ship of seven deities sails at this time: success, truthfulness, goodwill, self-respect, longevity, nobility, favor.
Extraordinary significance is attached to the New Year's Eve dinner for the whole family on December 31st. Stormy conversations are excluded - everything happens seriously and sedately, so that nothing distracts from thinking about what to expect for everyone in the coming year.
Scene title: “Our Adventures in Japan!! New Year's Eve!!"
Theme of the scene: New Year
Characters:
1) Egor Alexandrovich
2) Vladimir
3) Viktor Andreevich
4) Evgeny Vitalievich
5) Egor's inner voice
6) Director of the company Tanaka Seiichi (Misha Neklyudov)
Props:
1) Table (preferably round)
2) A bottle of juice (for every taste)
3) Baby champagne (or lemonade)
4) A plate of sweets (for every taste)
5) Five mugs (or cups, optional)
6) Four chairs
7) Glasses (if any)
Appearance actors. Notes:
1) Egor Alexandrovich is dressed in loose (casual) clothes, he looks sloppy;
2) Vladimir is dressed in loose (casual) clothes, appearance ordinary (i.e. "winged handsome");
3) Viktor Andreevich is dressed in a casual dressing gown and slippers (you can also wear loose casual clothes). The view is quite decent (not hangover, but sober);
4) Evgeny Vitalievich is dressed in whatever clothes he wants. The view is so-so;
5) Tanaka is dressed in a formal suit; the view is terribly (nightmarish!!!) sleazy, the most tipsy.
The interior doesn't matter!
Plot: Russian citizens living in Tokyo Prefecture (Japan) have not celebrated the New Year in Russian for a long time. Unfortunately, in 2018 they decided to celebrate this wonderful holiday according to Russian customs.
Covered table. Four heroes are lying on it and under it. One of them (Yegor Alexandrovich) rises to his feet. Yegor's inner voice enters the stage.
Egor's inner voice: New Year is family celebration. It is celebrated all over the world, but nowhere has it acquired such a national connotation as in Russia. Since childhood, we know that the New Year is the best holiday year after the birthday. Yes, and I don’t remember that on my birthday they spent twenty thousand rubles, buying caviar and expensive champagne. But, despite the fact that the New Year is a family holiday, it can be well celebrated in the circle of close friends, and not only in Russia. So, on the morning of January 1, somewhere in Tokyo, Japan.
An inner voice looks at Yegor while he tries to recover from a hangover. Egor looks around, not understanding where he is. He grabs his head.
Egor: Oh, damn it! Good morning… Japan. Oh-oh-oh! …
Yegor falls into a chair and looks at the bottle of juice. Then he takes it and starts drinking.
Egor: Oh, damn it!
Egor puts the bottle on the table and looks at the others.
Egor: Well, guys! And whose idea was it? What fool came up with the idea of celebrating the New Year in Japan in Russian? … Oh, you! So this is what I suggested. Darn! In a fool-ah-ah-ak!
Egor jerks Vladimir's leg. He wakes up abruptly.
Vladimir: Huh? What? What do you need? Is it Monday already? What about work? It is necessary to mail … to spread. (yawns) I'm going to sleep!
Vladimir falls into a chair and snores. Egor shakes his head and sighs heavily.
Egor: No, of course, I understand that the initiative to buy the strongest children's champagne came from me, but ... Why am I ashamed not about this? Uh! E! Hello garage! Can you hear me?
The rest of the heroes also began to rise. Egor waves his arms.
Egor: Welcome! Houston, we have a problem! Do you understand what I mean?
Victor stretches and feels great.
Victor: Egor Alexandrovich. What are you arguing about? Take a look out the window. What sun rises over Moscow.
Egor: What?! Whereeeee?!
Eugene: Damn, Egor! Well, how is it possible? Where else could this… sun be?
Egor: So that's it, that the sun is not over Moscow now! In Moscow, idiots like us have not yet had time to wake up. FROM Good morning, garage! Welcome to Japan. Huh, did you try the strongest baby champagne in all of Japan? Ah? I can not hear! Garage! Gara-ah! Can you hear me? What? I can not hear.
All: Oh! Egor, let's not now, listen! Please. Not up to you now.
Egor: What did you say, colleagues? “We have to work, but we can’t, because we are in an inadequate state”? Do you have any idea what could have happened tonight WHILE WE WERE DRUNK?
Vladimir: Oh, fuck him; Egor Alexandrovich! Treat this with optimism. What could we do with Tokyo? This city is huge.
Victor: Well-u-u-u… This is…
Eugene: What?
Egor: Come on, come on, I'm listening!
Vladimir: Vityok, if you have!
Victor: Well, actually, we did business.
All: What? What other business?
Egor puts his hands on Victor's shoulders and practically sobs.
Egor: Viktor Andreevich! Victor! Viktorchik! Vityusha! Please don't tell me we did it? No Please! I beg you, don't! Victor, don't talk about it. Ask! Brother! Bro! Brother! Aaaah!
Victor shrugs.
Victor: Okay, I won't. When you ask...
Egor pushes Victor and exclaims.
Egor: Come on, come on! What have we done? We don't need to keep secrets here!
Victor speaks slowly and clearly.
Victor: Egor Alexandrovich, we… robbed… a van… with ice cream…
Egor: What? … Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh?!!! And that's all, right? Heh! Ha! Haha! Ha ha ha! Ha!.. Ha!
Victor: And we also ate seven tons of ice cream from a local factory, got sick, went to the hospital, but they didn’t accept us there and we staged a pogrom, but then the police came and forced us to build a house for women in labor. The best builder was Vladimir, whose record was as follows: 60 houses for women in labor per hour. We were given a 50,000 yen bonus and decided to celebrate. We bought a restaurant, named it "Sushi from Russia" and went bankrupt because we didn't have a single customer all night. You got upset and climbed to the top of Fujiyama, where you found joy again. And then we stole your boss Tanaka-san's car and came here to his house. Wow! Look like that's it!
The heroes stand with their mouths open, and Victor silently smiles.
Victor: Also, you don't know that neither juice nor lemonade takes me. I know how to drink, unlike you.
Egor's inner voice: Viktorchik-Viktorchik! You're wrong. You are extremely mistaken! I know more about all of you than I think.
Egor: And I know who brushed my teeth with my brush!
Eugene: What?
Egor: Ma-ah-ah ... I'm talking about mine. Never mind! We are waiting for a three-time execution, guys. Tanaka-san will never forgive his car theft.
Yegor's phone rings. The ringtone plays "55x55 - MUSIC IS NOT A MUSICIAN" (first 18 seconds). Egor tries to answer, but he does not succeed. He drops the phone and the music stops. Tanaka runs onto the stage in an inadequate state with a phone to his ear.
Tanaka: Who?
Egor: You.
Tanaka: Me?
Egor: Yes.
Tanaka: And you?
Egor: What?
Tanaka: Well, you!
Egor: What am I?
Tanaka: Well, who are you?
Egor: Yeah! I, you? And I?
Tanaka: You are me.
Egor: Perhaps I agree.
Tanaka: Oh, you!
Tanaka grabs Yegor by the collar.
Tanaka: You made the dumbest mistake, Yegor-san. The dumbest. … YOU!
Egor: I.
Tanaka: You! Stole!
Egor: Stole. Yeah!
Tanaka: My...
Egor: Your...
Tanaka: Car!
Egor: Stole. Car, yes. yours. Yes Yes!
Tanaka: So I have to go to the police on New Year's Eve. You're sitting with your friends in my apartment! With my car! Moreover, you promote children's alcoholism! Shame on you?
Egor's inner voice: Well, let's say I'm ashamed. But this is not my fault. And these guys who have not yet said a toast.
Tanaka: And the last thing... Egor-san, why didn't you invite me to the table?
Yegor gently tugs at Vladimir. He whispers to him.
Egor: Vovan. Vovan. Shh!
Vladimir: Yeah, what?
Egor: Pour it!
Vladimir pours lemonade into the fifth mug. Yegor sits Tanaka in his place. Egor gives his boss a candy, he eats.
Eugene: Yegor, what kind of person is this?
Egor: This is not a person, but my boss.
Victor: Ah!
Vladimir: This is a turn!
Eugene: So we stole a car from him.
Egor: Stop, my friends! That is, you want to tell me now that we will calmly drink lemonade with my boss?
Tanaka: Well, yes, but what? Today is a holiday, a new year! In this wonderful moment, everyone should be together.
Vladimir: Well, guys? Remember how in Russia, in the ninth grade, at school 31, there was a new year, when everyone had fun, walked and rejoiced. But I remember how much we suffered in those days, grew up and became “smart”. (pause) Egor, I used a toothbrush!
Everyone clinks glasses.
Egor: Come on, Vovan, thank you. Happy New Year everyone. So stop what? And I did know! How did you know!
The postman runs onto the stage with a box. On the box is the inscription "From Russia with love" and three bottles (any). The postman gives Yegor a piece of paper and a pen.
Postman: Sign, please.
Vladimir: Oh, hello, colleague. (holds out his hand for a handshake, but the postman bows and runs away).
Egor looks into the box and pulls out one bottle.
Egor: Well, guys. Happy New Year?
Victor: With new happiness!
Vladimir: With a new brush! (gives Egor a brush)
Eugene: With the past, damn it! With the past!
Tanaka: (improvising)
Eugene, Yegor and Vladimir distribute soda from a box to each class. Then they stand in one line and hug each other by the shoulders.
Vladimir: There is a laxative in the soda!
Vladimir quickly runs away. The others look at each other and run after him.
Here are the animals:
- rat (aggressiveness)...2008, 2020...
- bull (work, family, homeland)...2009, 2021...
- tiger (energy)...2010, 2022...
- cat/rabbit (calm person)...2011, 2023...
- dragon ("not all that glitters is gold")...2000, 2012...
- snake (wisdom)...2001, 2013...
- horse (honest man)...2002, 2014...
Goat/sheep (capricious)...2003, 2015...
- monkey (cunning) ... 2004, 2016 ...
- cock (fanfaron) ... 2005, 2017 ...
- dog (justice)...2006, 2018...
- pig/boar (good old days)...2007, 2019...
Scene 13. East Asia. Japan
Characters: Grandmother, Grandson, Granddaughter, Japanese - students of the 2nd grade.
Grandmother: In Japan, the New Year is celebrated on January 1st. Under the chiming clock, the Japanese begin
laugh. They believe that laughter will bring them good luck in coming year. In churches on New Year's Eve
night they beat 108 strokes on the bell. With every blow, according to the Japanese, all the bad things go away,
which should not be repeated in the New Year. In order to keep out evil spirits, the Japanese hang bundles
straw in front of the entrance to the house, and inside, rice cakes are placed in a conspicuous place, on top
which are placed tangerines, symbolizing happiness, health and longevity.
By the way, few people know that it is thanks not to the Chinese, but to the Japanese calendar that we are with you
we live either in the year of the Dog, or in the year of the Ox, or in the year of the Tiger. Tell me, granddaughter, about it.
Nastya takes the stage and performs the poem "Japanese Calendar".
There is a Japanese belief
The story, to put it simply:
Animals once gathered
Choose your own king.
Gathered for the New Year
Horse, Tiger, Mouse and Cat,
Bull, Dragon, Goat, Pig,
monkey and snake,
Both the Dog and the Rooster
Rushed at full speed!
They began to howl, meow, bark,
Argument and cries until dawn:
Everyone wants to rule each other
Everyone wants to be king.
Fought on New Year's Eve
Horse, Tiger, Mouse and Cat,
Bull, Dragon, Goat, Pig,
monkey and snake,
Both the Dog and the Rooster
Wool flies and fluff!
But from heaven to it strictly
Looked Japanese god.
And he said: "It's time, by God,
Stop the commotion!
Will rule every year
Horse, Tiger, Mouse and Cat,
Bull, Dragon, Goat, Pig,
monkey and snake,
Both the Dog and the Rooster
Everyone in their turn!”
And went to reign in a circle,
Keeping the calendar
Animals, birds - all to each other -
Friend, comrade, brother and king.
She returns to her grandmother.
Grandson: According to the Japanese calendar, it's the Year of the Dragon.
Grade 2 students come on stage and sing the song “Dragon”. They leave.
Entertainer: On December 31, the Japanese are starting a general cleaning, and with the chime of the clock at 12
hours of the night they go to bed to get up before dawn and meet the new year with
the first rays of the rising sun. Japan is an incomprehensible and mysterious country,
whose inhabitants have many talents, one of them is reading the thoughts of another
person. So, we are in the salon of a famous Japanese magician (whose role I will
perform i) and we will be able to hear the thoughts of any of the guests.
(The test is a joke. A disc is being prepared in advance with separate lines from songs of about
the following content:
1. "Well, where are you, girls, girls, girls, short skirts, skirts,
skirts..."
2. "Help me, help..."
3. "You left me, you left me..."
4. "These eyes are opposite - a kaleidoscope of lights ...", etc.
When the entertainer - the magician approaches the next guest and begins to move his hands over
head of a person, the sound engineer turns on the song, and everyone hears the thoughts of the guest.
The facilitator's comments on the thought heard are required. Enough up to 8-
10 "thoughts" on disk.)
In Japan, there is a custom: on New Year's Eve, give postcards with images of an animal, under
whose sign is the year.
Toys and souvenirs dedicated to the new sign of the Zodiac are also given. Preparing for the New Year
starts in December.
One of the brightest decorations of the Japanese home before the New Year is kadomatsu.
(literally "pine at the entrance"). Kadomatsu - greeting to the Deity of the New Year holiday - usually
made from pine, bamboo, shimenawa rope woven from rice straw, decorated with branches
fern, tangerines, and sometimes a bunch of seaweed and dried shrimp. Each of
details of this decoration has its own symbolism.
Numerous shimekazari have played and still play a special role in New Year's decorations.
(literally "closing ornaments"). Shimekazari is based on a straw bundle, which
mythological times are credited with the role of a talisman against dark and impure forces.
On New Year's Eve, strips of paper or bundles of straw are hung from a straw bundle, as well as
tangerines, oranges, coals, dried persimmons, radishes, turnips, dried fish and cuttlefish.
Preparation for the New Year is impossible to imagine without festive trade and without
holiday sales. In different parts of Japan there are the most famous fairs, department stores,
renowned for their products. For several centuries, it has been especially famous
fair in Asakusa (Tokyo area).
Japanese New Year is impossible to imagine without mochi - round loaves of various
sizes. Mochi is mainly made from glutinous rice varieties. True, in the northern prefectures of the country
millet and other grains were used for mochi dough. Japanese ethnographers believe that this
an older way of preparing mochi.
Mochibana (“mochi flowers”) is one of the New Year decorations of the Japanese home. Mochibana is
bunches of twigs on which clusters of small ones are stuck or tied: figured koloboks,
painted
bright yellow and blue colors. There is a belief that every member of the family should, at the end of the festivities,
eat as many mochibana koloboks as he turns that year. Mot-ibana, just like
mayudama, i.e. “treasure in the form of cocoons”, symbolizes the harvest of fruits, and their color, as it were,
heralds the imminent spring and flowering gardens.
These days, at 12 o'clock at night, television broadcasts from the Buddhist temples of Tokyo, as well as from
the most famous temples of the country the ceremony of 108 strokes of the bell. It is believed that with the last
all troubles and hardships remain a blow in the past. In Japan, there is no tradition to wear on New Year's Eve.
night some special clothes of one color or another (supposedly in accordance with the sign of the Zodiac).
Perhaps it is customary to wear new clothes on the first days of the New Year. Now preference
given traditional clothes- kimono.
The first event of the year is the "meeting" or "greeting" (mukae) of the deity or spirit of the New Year.
With the onset of the New Year, New Year's bonfires are lit in local Shinto shrines, and
also the so-called "divine", "cleansing fire". In the past, there was a sign: the one
whoever first comes to the temple at night and lights a fire will be happy and lucky all year. After
performing the rite of worship of the ancestors and Toshigami (the deity of the New Year), at dawn, but before
sunrise, leave the house and go to the temple, where, first of all, they pray
Udzigami - to the deity of this kind (patronymy, village).
Upon returning from the temple, the master of the house performs the rite of wakamizu (literally "young water"). This
the rite is most widespread in Western and Central Japan.
In many places there is a custom to meet the sunrise and pray for
well-being to
the rising luminary of the New Year. In the Japanese New Year rituals, a particularly important place is occupied by
first day of the New Year. In the early morning, all family members put on their best (usually new)
clothes and again pray to the ancestors. Then, after mutual congratulations on the onset
New Year are taken for a festive meal.
Author:
Scenario New Year to school
"New Year Greetings from Japan"
Greeting card from Japan
Sounds like Japanese music. The Japanese come out and dance.
Host: Winter has come to the Japanese islands. Snowflakes swirled, covering
earth with a white fluffy carpet, and all ordinary Japanese began to expect an offensive
long-awaited holiday - New Year. On the eve of the holiday, the Japanese dress up
my house.
(Pine branches, colored paper are hung on bamboo sticks.)
First Japanese: Akutagawa, Kadamatsu! Kadamatsu!
Presenter (translates): Masha, let's decorate our house with a pine - this is a symbol
longevity and strength!
Second Japanese: Agi, agi! Take, take, Yamamoto! Harakiri, the samurai!
Host (translates): Of course, Vanya, come on! And still need to decorate with bamboo, he
will help us to become hardy next year, add strength and help
resist the blows of fate.
They bow. Japanese (together): Ikebana, banzai!
Leading: Christmas tree, light up!
Guests enter.
1 guest: Yamamoto, kanichūwa! (bow to the first Japanese)
2 guest Akutagawa, runesuke! (bow to the second Japanese)
Host (translates): Masha, Vanya, hello!
Japanese (bow to guests, together)
Kanichuwa, yakuza! Runesuke, Kimono! (shows with gestures to undress and
passed)
Moderator (translates): Hello friends! Get undressed, come on!
Guests and hosts sit around the cherry tree. They bow.
3rd guest: Kusudama! (Hangs kusudama on sakura and everyone bows)
Japanese (together): Ikebana, banzai! 2 times
Leading: Christmas tree, light up!
First Japanese: Takeshi Kitano! Deduk Moroka and Sneguraki!
Host (translates): Since everyone is ready for the start of the holiday, you need to call Santa Claus and
Snow Maiden!
The Japanese and the guests (shouting together): Deduk Moroki and Sneguraki! - 2 times
Grandfather Frost and the Snow Maiden enter.
Grandpa Moroka: Banzai, Pokémon!
Moderator (translates): Hello, children! How long have I not seen you! How good are you
Decorate your home and get ready for the New Year!
The Japanese and guests bow to Deduka Moroka and Sneguraki.
Sneguraki (addressing Grandfather Frost): Sensei, ring!
Presenter (translates): Grandfather Frost, it's time to get the bell, each stroke of which
drives away any evil.
(Santa Claus takes out a bell, passes it to the Snow Maiden.)
The Snow Maiden strikes the bell. Every time she hits him, everyone bows and
leader translates.
Host: Ding! Hatred!
Host: Ding! Enmity!
Host: Ding! Deception!
Host: Ding! Betrayal!
Host: Ding! Bad scenes!
Host: This is the country! Not a country, but a solid exotic! And what amazing
they sing songs!
Snow Maiden: Sensei, music!
Song "Million Scarlet Roses" in Japanese
Tiziana Yeto Kyanbasu
Hoka ni bath nimo nai
Ma zushi e kaki ga
Joe they ko o sita
Daiskin ano hito ni
Bara no hana o getai
Aru hi mati ju no
Bara o kai mashita
Hakuman bonno, bara no, hana oh
Anatani, anatani, anatini ageru
Mado kera, mado kera, mieru hiroba oh
Makkana bara de umi tsikushite
Happy New Year!
Look at the screen please! Name this country? (Japan)
In Japan, New Year is celebrated on January 1st. Bells ringing on New Year's Eve
exactly 108 times. According to the Japanese, each of us has exactly 108 harmful
habits that negatively affect the life of each person. A ringing
bells on New Year's Eve cleanses, helps to become better. A resident of Japan
celebrates his own birthday. On New Year's Eve, every Japanese,
even a newly born one celebrates a common birthday for all Japanese.
With the last 108 strokes, the years of life of every Japanese increase by one year.
As for children in Japan, they strongly believe in New Year miracles, so
on New Year's Eve they put a drawing under their pillow, where they draw what they are talking about.
they dream. They say that so the wish will come true. In houses,
in a conspicuous place, the Japanese set up rice cakes, on top of which they put
tangerines symbolizing happiness, health and longevity. New Year's Eve
table there are rice dishes, in which, according to the Japanese, there is a special
strength. It is believed that rice is wealth in the family.
Today we will try to feel the atmosphere of the celebration of the New Year in
Japan. I invite two families to the stage. You need to portray the Japanese
family and taste rice using special chopsticks. That family wins
which will eat more rice and which will better portray the atmosphere prevailing in
Japanese family. You will need attributes for this: kimono, rice plates
and sticks.
(While the participants are getting ready, the children perform the Japanese Kabuki dance.)
Well done! Japan rewards all participants of the competition with gifts.
Japanese children celebrate the New Year in new clothes. It is believed to bring health and
good luck in the new year. On New Year's Eve, they hide a picture with the image of
a sailboat on which seven fabulous wizards, seven patrons of happiness, are sailing.
Ice palaces and castles, huge snow sculptures fairytale heroes decorate under the new
year northern Japanese cities.
108 chimes of the bell herald the arrival of the New Year in Japan. It has long been believed that everyone
ringing "kills" one of the human vices. There are only six of them, according to the Japanese (greed,
anger, stupidity, frivolity, indecision, envy). But each of the vices has 18
of various shades, and the Japanese bell rings on them.
In the first seconds of the New Year, you should laugh, this should bring good luck. And to happiness
came to the house, the Japanese decorate it, or rather the front door, with sprigs of bamboo and pine
symbols of longevity and fidelity. The pine represents longevity, the bamboo represents fidelity, and the plum
love of life.
The food on the table is also symbolic: long pasta is a sign of longevity, rice of prosperity, carp
strength, health beans. Every family prepares a New Year's treat mochi koloboks, cakes,
rice flour buns.
In the morning, when the New Year comes into its own, the Japanese go out of their houses to the street
meet the sunrise. With the first rays, they congratulate each other and give gifts.
In the houses they put branches decorated with mochi balls, a New Year's tree mochibana.
The Japanese Santa Claus is called Segatsusan Lord New Year. Favorite New Year's
entertainment for girls playing shuttlecock, and the boys on the days of the holiday launch the traditional
kite.
The most popular New Year's accessory is a rake. Every Japanese believes that having them
it is necessary that for the New Year there is something to rake in happiness. Kumade bamboo rake
make from 10 cm to 1.5 m in size and decorate them with various patterns and talismans.
In order to appease the Deity of the year, which brings happiness to the family, the Japanese build
in front of the house there is a small gate made of three bamboo sticks, to which pine trees are tied.
branches. Wealthier people buy dwarf pine, bamboo sprout and small
plum or peach tree
