Editing Hinamatsuri (section)

== Customs ==
{{tlit|ja|Hinamatsuri}} is one of the {{nihongo|five seasonal festivals|五節句|[[gosekku]]}} that are held on auspicious dates of the [[Lunisolar calendar]]: the first day of the first month, the third day of the third month, and so on. After the adoption of the [[Gregorian calendar]], these were fixed on [[New Year's Day|1{{nbsp}}January]], 3{{nbsp}}March, [[Tango no sekku|5{{nbsp}}May]], [[Tanabata|7{{nbsp}}July]], and [[Chrysanthemum Day|9{{nbsp}}September]]. The festival was traditionally known as the {{nihongo|Peach Festival|桃の節句|Momo no Sekku}}, as [[peach]] trees typically began to flower around this time.<ref name="nippon.com">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nippon.com/en/features/jg00031/ |title="Hinamatsuri": Japan's Doll Festival |date=27 February 2015 |website=Nippon.com |publisher=Nippon Communications Foundation |language=en |access-date=1 March 2018}}</ref> Although this is no longer true since the shift to Gregorian dates, the name remains and peaches are still symbolic of the festival.<ref name="JT">{{Cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/02/25/food/delicious-dishes-that-are-fit-for-a-princess/ |title=Delicious dishes that are fit for a princess |last=Itoh |first=Makiko |date=25 February 2011 |work=[[The Japan Times]] |access-date=1 March 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0447-5763}}</ref>

The primary aspect of {{tlit|ja|Hinamatsuri}} is the display of seated female and male dolls (the {{nihongo3|'female doll'|女雛|mebina}} and {{nihongo3|'male doll'|男雛|obina}}), which represent a Heian period wedding,<ref name="JT"/> but are usually described as the Empress and Emperor of Japan.<ref name="Shoaf">{{Cite web |url=https://people.clas.ufl.edu/jshoaf/japanese-dolls/hina/ |title=Girls' Day Dolls |last=Shoaf |first=Judy |publisher=[[University of Florida]] |access-date=1 March 2018}}</ref> The dolls are usually seated on red cloth, and may be as simple as pictures or [[origami|folded paper dolls]], or as intricate as carved three-dimensional dolls. More elaborate displays will include a multi-tiered {{nihongo|doll stand|雛壇|hinadan}} of dolls that represent ladies of the court, musicians, and other attendants, with all sorts of accoutrements. The entire set of dolls and accessories is called the {{nihongo||雛飾り|hinakazari}}.<ref name="nippon.com"/> The number of tiers and dolls a family may have depends on their budget.

Families normally ensure that girls have a set of the two main dolls before their first {{tlit|ja|Hinamatsuri}}. The dolls are usually fairly expensive ($1,500 to $2,500 for a five-tier set, depending on quality) and may be handed down from older generations as [[heirloom]]s. The {{tlit|ja|hinakazari}} spends most of the year in storage, and girls and their mothers begin setting up the display a few days before 3{{nbsp}}March (boys and men normally do not participate, as 5{{nbsp}}May, now [[Children's Day (Japan)|Children's Day]], was historically called "Boys' Day").<ref name="stripes">{{Cite web |url=https://okinawa.stripes.com/news/girl-power-hina-matsuri-way |title=Girl power the Hina Matsuri way |last=Nakahara |first=Tetsuo |date=24 February 2016 |website=Stripes Okinawa |publisher=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |language=en |access-date=1 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125162741/https://okinawa.stripes.com/news/girl-power-hina-matsuri-way |archive-date=25 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Traditionally, the dolls were supposed to be put away by the day after {{tlit|ja|Hinamatsuri}}, the [[superstition]] being that leaving the dolls any longer will result in a late marriage for the daughter,<ref name="Aruku">{{cite book|page=36|script-title=ja:日本事情入門 |title=Nihon jijō nyūmon |trans-title=View of Today's Japan |language=ja |first=Mizue |last=Sasaki |publisher=Alc|year=1999 |isbn= 4-87234-434-0}}</ref> but some families may leave them up for the entire month of March.<ref name="stripes"/> Practically speaking, the encouragement to put everything away quickly is to avoid the rainy season and humidity that typically follows {{tlit|ja|Hinamatsuri}}.<ref name="Voyapon" />

Historically, the dolls were used as toys,<ref name="Shoaf" /> but in modern times they are intended for display only.<ref name="stripes"/> The display of dolls is usually discontinued when the girls reach ten years of age.<ref name="Shoaf" />

During {{tlit|ja|Hinamatsuri}} and the preceding days, girls hold parties with their friends. Typical foods include {{nihongo3|multi-colored rice crackers|雛あられ|hina-[[arare (food)|arare]]}}, {{nihongo3|raw fish and vegetables on rice in a bowl or {{tlit|ja|[[bento]]}} box|ちらし寿司|[[Sushi#Chirashizushi|chirashizushi]]}}, {{nihongo3|multi-colored rice cakes|菱餅|[[hishi mochi]]}},<ref name="nippon.com"/> {{nihongo3|strawberries wrapped in [[adzuki bean]] paste|いちご大福|ichigo daifuku}}, {{nihongo||桜餅|[[Sakuramochi]]}} and {{nihongo3|clam soup, as clam shells represent a joined pair|うしお汁|ushiojiru}}.<ref name="JT"/> The customary drink is {{nihongo3|lit. "white sake"|白酒|shirozake}}, also called {{nihongo|lit. "sweet sake"|甘酒|amazake}}, a non-alcoholic [[sake]].<ref name="Ruoo">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHkyUp-EH2MC&q=hishimochi+shirozake+chirashisushi&pg=PA134|page=134|title=Gift-giving in Japan: cash, connections, cosmologies |first=Katherine |last=Rupp |publisher=Stanford University Press|year=2003 |isbn= 0-8047-4704-0}}</ref><ref name="JT"/>

{{nihongo||[[Wiktionary:流し雛|流し雛]]|Nagashi-bina|{{lit|doll floating}}}} ceremonies are held around the country, where participants make dolls out of paper or straw and send them on a boat down a river, carrying one's impurities and sin with them. Some locations, such as at the Nagashibina Doll Museum in [[Tottori (city)|Tottori City]], still follow the lunisolar calendar instead of doing it on 3{{nbsp}}March.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.japanvisitor.com/japan-museums/nagashibina |title=Nagashibina Doll Museum |last=Davies |first=Jake |work=JapanVisitor Japan Travel Guide |access-date=1 March 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

{{nihongo||吊るし雛|Tsurushi-Bina|{{lit|Hanging Dolls}}}}, traditional decoration for {{tlit|ja|Hinamatsuri}}, are lengths of coloured cords (usually in [[red]]), usually featuring decorations of miniature baby-dolls, which were originally made from leftover kimono silk (so the idea of repurposing fabric scraps is central to this craft; it is a great activity for using up leftover materials). {{tlit|ja|Tsurushi-Bina}} are not limited to featuring miniature baby-dolls, but also flowers (i.e., camellia flower, etc.), shells, {{tlit|ja|[[Temari (toy)|Temari]]}} balls, colourful triangles to represent mountains (such as Mount Fuji, etc.), etc., and with [[tassels]] at the bottom.