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One day when I got on a train, I saw an old woman sitting on the sheet, who were making a Origami bird, crane.
What did she make it for?
For Japanese, origami is one of the familiar plays in childhood.
I used to make a syuriken; 手裏剣, a kabuto; 兜, a fune; 船, a kamihikouki; 紙飛行機 etc. from paper for origami.
Of them, a crane is special not only because it is a little difficult to make.
You would see a group of thousand origami cranes held together by strings.
It is a kind of a charm.
For example, when a classmate get sick and is admitted into a hospital, each classmates make Origami cranes to send a 千羽鶴 to the friend.
(a 千羽鶴 are not necessarily made by just a thousand of origami cranes.)
So, the 千羽鶴 reflects their wish for the classmate's recovery.
I wish she had made an origami crane for playing with her grandchildren.
Even if her familiar person was sick and hospitalized at that time, I wish there had not been a trouble with it.
What did she make it for?
For Japanese, origami is one of the familiar plays in childhood.
I used to make a syuriken; 手裏剣, a kabuto; 兜, a fune; 船, a kamihikouki; 紙飛行機 etc. from paper for origami.
Of them, a crane is special not only because it is a little difficult to make.
You would see a group of thousand origami cranes held together by strings.
It is a kind of a charm.
For example, when a classmate get sick and is admitted into a hospital, each classmates make Origami cranes to send a 千羽鶴 to the friend.
(a 千羽鶴 are not necessarily made by just a thousand of origami cranes.)
So, the 千羽鶴 reflects their wish for the classmate's recovery.
I wish she had made an origami crane for playing with her grandchildren.
Even if her familiar person was sick and hospitalized at that time, I wish there had not been a trouble with it.
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千羽鶴というと 原爆のことを思いだします。鶴は花嫁衣装にも描かれていたり、
鶴の恩返しの話や、北海道のたんちょう鶴の復活、絶滅危惧種からのことなどありますね。
鶴はたくさんいたのでしょうね。昔の日本には。
私も、この文章を書いている途中で、原爆と千羽鶴の関連を思い出しました。
しかし、それに言及すると趣旨が変わってしまうと思ったので言及しませんでした。
私自身は、生物としての鶴そのものに対する特別な愛着は無いのですが、satokoさんの指摘されたように、鶴は特別な象徴として扱われているのだと改めて感じました。他にも最近話題のJALのマークも「鶴丸」でしたね。
皮膚だそうです。求愛のダンス観てみたいです。結構大きいらしい。
ということわざもありましたね。
「鶴」という一文字から様々な事象が想起されて言葉の面白さを感じます。
Thank you so much.
しつこくてごめん。
One day when I got on a train, I saw an old woman sitting on the sheet and was making an Origami bird, crane.
For Japanese, origami is one of the familiar activity in childhood.
from origami paper for origami.
Of them, a crane is special not only because it is a little difficult to make.
It is a kind of a charm.
For example, when a classmate gets sick and is admitted into a hospital, each classmate would make Origami cranes to send a 千羽鶴 to the friend.
(a 千羽鶴 are not necessarily made by just a thousand of origami cranes.)
I wish she had made an origami crane in hopes of being able to for playing with her grandchildren.
Even if her familiar person family member was sick and hospitalized at that time, I wish she would not be troubled by it.
Hello Yasuhiro that's a good belief and it is sad to see people are troubled by those sort of troubles. It is good that people have ways to wish someone well. Good journal entry Yasuhiro. :)
Writing this entry, I re-realized that the crane is not only a bird, but a special symbol in Japan.
For example,
鶴丸 is a symbol mark of Japan Air Line.
There are some Japanese proverbs,
「雀の千声、鶴の一声」
「鶴は千年、亀は万年」
etc.
Your comment encourages me to improve my English.
Thank you so much.
we make thousand stars with paper for passing exams with flying colours :)