Winter Geisha Bamboo Wall Scroll

Dong Zhi is the second most important festival of the Chinese calendar.

Celebrated on the longest night of the year, Dong Zhi is the day when sunshine is weakest and daylight shortest. The coming of winter is celebrated by families and is traditionally the time when farmers and fishermen gather food in preparation for the coming cold season. It is also a time for family reunions.

 This celebration can be traced to the Chinese belief in yin and yang, which represent balance and harmony in life. It is believed that the yin qualities of darkness and cold are at their most powerful at this time, but it is also the turning point, giving way to the light and warmth of yang. For this reason, the Dong Zhi Festival is a time for optimism.

Dong Zhi is celebrated in style. The longest night of the year is a time to put on brand new clothes, visit family with gifts and to laugh and drink deep into the long night. !

Winter is a season to see out the old year and see in the new. While it is bitterly cold in February, December is the   harbinger of winter and the cold sets in. In December, towns are bustling with activity in preparation for greeting January, which is called "Shinshun" - early spring. Especially, New Year's Eve is called "omisoka" when everybody enjoys eating traditional "Toshikoshi-Soba"(buck wheat noodles), looking back upon the old year. The towns are busy in a different way in early New Year when people pray at shrines for New Year's happiness. Since the New Year is a special time, many people wear kimono. Women in gorgeous kimono to attract attention in town. Although Japan is a small country, there are some regions where people are confined under accumulated snow, while in other regions people live comfortably in warm weather without snow as Japan stretches north and south.

 

Winter Geisha Bamboo Wall Scroll These scrolls measure approximately 12 inches x 36" and boast brilliant colors and detail! Was $9.99 Now only $4.99 Stock #2221