Ceremony Set
How do you set up that traditional Asian ceremony for baby’s first birthday to determine his future?
I remember reading about this ceremony before and it sounds like fun to do! Baby is placed in the center with a variety of objects around him, and whichever object he chooses represents what profession he might go into in the future…
Does anyone know the details of this ceremony, which objects to use, and whatever else is involved?
Thanks!
In China and Japan in the early part of the 20th century, infant mortality was quite high, with many children not living to see their first birthdays. In these cultures, prosperity was believed to come from a long bloodline and from having many children. Because the child mortality rate was so high, lavish celebrations and rituals took place from birth to the time the child reached adulthood to assure the child’s good fortune and longevity.
These elaborate rituals often involved textiles and reflected the indigenous concept of life and death that was intimately connected to vulnerable children. In traditional Japan, a newborn infant was considered unstable and impure. The child was purposely wrapped in rags or swaddling clothes made from the mother’s old clothing. If the baby was born into an ill-fortuned family that had suffered many deaths, it might be left temporarily on the doorstep of a wealthy or healthy family in hopes of changing this bad luck. On the seventh day, the swaddling clothes were discarded for a ceremonial kimono presented by its maternal grandmother. The child would be given a name that ensured his or her entry into the world.
Similar rituals were conducted in China such as the presentation of the Hundred Families Coat, during the child’s first month. This coat was made from silk fragments from many different families and symbolized the combined good fortune of one hundred families. This custom was also practiced in Japan where the robe was called the Hundred Virtue Kimono. In China on a child’s first birthday, a zhuazhu ceremony involved dressing the child in a set of auspicious garments and placing him or her in the midst of several articles. The choice of a specific article the child reached for first, was thought to indicate the child’s future profession and good fortune. If a child reached for a brush, he was thought to be destined to become a scholar. Thereafter, on every possible occasion, parents and families in China and Japan made special efforts to ensure good luck for their children.
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