Everyone, Good Morning (^^) / I am Keita Shimomoto (* ^^ *) I got up this morning before 5 am. Recently I got up early. That is rabbit also horn, today is Setsubun. Setsubun refers to the day before the beginning of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. In the lunar calendar, it was said that the beginning of the year was around the beginning of spring and it was regarded as the most important. If the beginning of spring is New Year, Setsubun was on New Year's Eve. Because of that, even now, there is also a region called "Toshikoshi sunba" at Setsubun. It is said that the bean sprinkling done in Setsubun is combined with the pursuit of the Imperial Palace Festival and the ceremony of bean striking that the temple company had been going to the Setsubun to purify evil. In the case of beans rolled "Ogre is outside. Fuku inside", but in Asakusadera it is said that there is no ogre in front of the Kannon, "Chiaki Bankai Fukuhi is inside (sayinsan bunsai fukuu)" I will. There are other temples, shrines and areas not to mention as "demons outside". According to the article of the December 3rd Year of the 3rd year of Niigata Keiun, this chasing started in 706, replacing faith in the peach branches used in the Muromachi period, it was an event to drive away demons with roasted beans . Everyone, have a nice day!
