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9/9/2008 Japan-- Today is Chrysanthemum
Day in Japan. This traditional Chrysanthemum Festival is one of the five
sacred festivals of ancient Japan. A wondrous display of chrysanthemum
varieties is presented on this day. Figures of trained chrysanthemums
are exhibited, chrysanthemum wine is drunk and, in Korea, chrysanthemum
cakes are eaten. An interesting custom associated with this festival is
that of putting cotton wool on chrysanthemum flowers on the festival
day's eve. The next morning, the cotton, now wet with either dew or
frost, is removed and the body wiped with it. This is known as "cotton
nursing of the chrysanthemum" and shows the desire both to protect the
flowers and to use the dew of the early frosts to cure the ailments of
humankind.
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