Upper origin - Jogen

Japanese: 上元 - じょうげん

It is the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar. Originally it was a Chinese festival, and together with Zhongyuan (July 15th) and Xiangyuan (October 15th), it was called the Three Sources. The night of Shangyuan is known as Lantern Festival, and a particularly wide variety of events are held. Xiangyuan was not adopted in Japan, but Shangyuan became established along with Zhongyuan. It is also called Little New Year and Women's New Year, and various folk events such as Sagicho and Dondoyaki are held. In particular, the eating of red bean porridge and related customs spread throughout the country. However, with the spread of the solar calendar, these folk events shifted from the original Shangyuan date and became events held on January 15th of the current calendar, just like Zhongyuan.

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Japanese:

太陰暦1月 15日のこと。元来は中国の節日で，中元 (7月 15日) ，下元 (10月 15日) とともに三元といわれた。上元の夜は元宵として特に多彩な行事が行われる。日本では下元は取入れられなかったが，上元は中元とともに定着した。小正月，女正月の名称もあり，左義長 (さぎちょう) ，ドンド焼きなど種々の民間行事が行われ，特に小豆粥の食事とそれに関係した習俗は全国的な広がりをもっていた。ただし，太陽暦の普及により，これらの民間行事が本来の上元の日からずれて，現行暦の1月 15日の行事になってしまったのは，中元と同様である。

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