What is the white puppet hanging in the corner of the room in Japanese animation?

Qing doll, also known as Qing Niang, Tian Po and Qing Monk, is written as "Zhao Zhu" in Japanese.

The "Maid Puppet", which originated in China, is a puppet made of paper, dressed in red and green, and hung with a small pendant with a broom.

Popular in rural areas of China and Japan, it is a puppet hanging on the eaves to pray for sunny days. This custom has been circulating in China for a long time, but it has survived in Japan.

One of the biggest functions of sunshine dolls is to keep out the rain, which is also the origin of the name of sunshine dolls. There is a poem to prove it: "Roll up your sleeves and hold a broom, hang it in the shade, and your hands will shake."

In addition, there is a saying in China that the sunshine doll is a god, which means to pray for his son Sun Yinsheng. The meaning of a sunny doll is to sweep away dark clouds and make the sky clear. According to Japanese folklore, as long as you hang a sunshine doll on the roof, you can pray for good weather.

In Japan, sunny dolls have another meaning, that is, physical body double: Japanese believe that sunny dolls can take the place of people to bear disasters and diseases. He was sent to a temple to practice in his early years. Before he left, his mother gave him this little puppet, which means that she hopes that this sunshine doll can bear disasters and diseases on behalf of Hugh and hope that Hugh will be safe.

Appearance:

Sunny dolls in China are often made into doll images in the form of cloth heads or paper-cuts, with brooms in one hand and lotus heads in the other.

Japanese sunshine dolls wrap table tennis or cotton balls with square handkerchiefs, and then draw the five senses on the balls.