also: じょうみ
Doll's Festival; Girls' Festival; Peach Festival
Refers to the traditional festival on March 3rd, also known as ひな祭り. The term 上巳 originally designated the first 'snake day' of the third lunar month, but now is synonymous with the modern date.
See also: ひな祭り (ひなまつり) · 五節句
March 3rd is the Doll's Festival, when we display hina dolls.
There is a custom of decorating with peach blossoms on the day of the Peach Festival.
Standard kanji spelling for the festival date; reading じょうし is the most common.
Alternate reading; less common than じょうし.
From the Chinese calendar term 上巳, meaning 'first snake day' of the third month. The festival was adopted in Japan and later fixed to March 3rd.