What's the name of this puppet hanging on the roof when it rains in Japan?

Sunny doll, also known as sweeping mother, sweeping woman, clearing mother and sunny monk. Popular in rural areas of China and Japan, it is a puppet hanging on the eaves to pray for sunny days.

Sunshine doll

Originated in China, it is called "Sweeping Mother" in China, which is a paper-cut portrait of a woman hanging under the eaves when people pray for rain and sunny days. It is cut into red paper or green paper (some people cut it out of white paper and then cut the red and green paper into red and green pants). Her style is usually with flowers on her head and a broom in her hand. Her task is to sweep away the haze and usher in a sunny day, which is conducive to drying food and traveling. In ancient times, the custom of hanging "Qing Niang" was popular in Beijing, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Gansu, Jiangsu and other places. At least in the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, this custom already existed. Li Junmin, a poet in the Yuan Dynasty, wrote the poem "Sweeping Mother": "Roll up your sleeves and take a broom, hang it in the sky and shake your hand." In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the custom of Qingyang became more popular among the people, and this custom was also recorded in Fu Cha Dunchong's Yanjing Years and other books describing the scenery of Beijing. Sweeping Qing Niang can occasionally see this custom in today's northern rural areas. Up to now, there is still a song in Henan Province, "The Maid Sweeping Sunny Days to Shelter the Rain": "The Maid Sweeping Sunny Days will clear up in three days, and I will put on flowery clothes for you. If it doesn't clear up for three days, tie your light back. " (It's pitiful to clean up the mother. If she can't finish the task, she will have nothing to wear! )

It is said that after this custom spread to Japan, because all the monks in Japan presided over the ceremony of praying for rain and sunshine, the clean mother became this shape! Later, there was a name "Sunshine Doll". The ballad of a doll on a sunny day is similar to our song "Sweep the Sunny Mother and Stop the Rain":

"Sunshine doll, sunshine doll, I hope it will be a fine day tomorrow. If so, I will give you a golden bell. Sunshine doll, sunshine doll, I hope it will be fine tomorrow. If so, I'll give you good wine. Sunshine doll, sunshine doll, I hope it will be fine tomorrow. If not, cut off your head. " (This can be even harder! Terrible. . . )

There is a legend in China that the war in the pre-Qin period was cruel, and the calculation of the meritorious military service was based on the number of the enemy's left ear or head. According to legend, in the Qin dynasty, once the battle was over, the army would tie the enemy's head with white cloth and hang it upside down on the battlefield with a rope. Later, because this form was too troublesome, it was simply made into the shape of today's sunshine dolls with small white puppets, and each sunshine doll represented a head. Slowly, this white cloth puppet was associated with sacrifice and became a symbol with sacrificial significance. As for the sunny dolls and rainy dolls that became popular in Japan later, it was only the result of the later development of this sacrificial feature.

It is said that Sunshine Baby comes from the folk custom in northwest China, and there are three kinds of sayings:

Stop raining: This is also the origin of the name of Sunshine Doll. Poetry: "Roll up your sleeves and hold a broom. When you hang it in the shade, you will wave. "

Reproductive worship: sunny doll is a kind of god's saying, which means to pray for his son Sun Yinsheng. This statement comes from China.

Body double: Japanese believe that sunshine dolls can take the place of people to bear disasters and diseases.