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Japanese May 5th has been both the Children's Day and the Mother's Day. However, what have really been practiced that day made the Children's Day becoming a holiday for boys not girls. The fact that March 3rd has been a holiday for girls only could be a general explanation for that reason. Certainly there are such factors, but, on the contrary, the fact that traditional folk
events for that day were for boys only not girls could be more general explanation for that reason. For instance, flags and carp-shaped flags which are outdoor decorations and weapons and samurai figures which are interior decorations are all the things which signify a wish that the boys may grow up bravely. This holds true even in the games. Stone throwing, bow-shot, kite-flying, boat race are all the games for the tough boys not for the girls. Even if there have been games concerned with girls, it maybe the woman's house among the folklore, Changpo. It is also an extinct custom which are hardly practiced today. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that most of the remaining folklore Dano in Japan is concerned with boys only. This fact is very characteristic in comparison with those of Korea and China because Dano is a holiday for girls in Korea and China. It is perhaps natural that fixing that day as Children's Day makes the Children's Day becoming a holiday for boys only except girls and mothers, regardless of original intention.