Valentine's day

The origin of Valentine's Day

The history of Valentine's Day, and dates back to the era of the Roman Empire.


At that time, Rome was the Feast of the goddess Juno, February 14. Juno is the queen of all of God is also a God of marriage and family. February 15, the next day, was a day that begins which is also the festival of purification of the festival to pray for good harvest Ruperukaria. The girls were living with another young men at that time. The day before the festival, the daughters were to be placed in a vat bill wrote the name on a piece of paper. The next day, the men were pulled from the tub one bill. I was determined and the daughter of the man who pulled the name of the bill, and that you are together as partners during the festival. Our many partners and married, and fell in love as it is.
It is said that the decrease morale because there are so
ldiers who
leave home to loved ones, Emperor Claudius II, the Roman Empire, and prohibited the marriage
of soldiers in Rome. The Valentine was a Christian priest was to marry a soldier in secret, trapped, and was executed. The date of execution is a national holiday of Juno, was chosen dare is February 14, the day before the festival is Ruperukaria. Valentine is said to have been dedicated to the festival sacrifice with Ruperukaria. Even for Christians, this day is the national holiday For this reason, it has become the day of lovers is a general theory.


The origin of Valentine`s day

The origin of Valentine`s day

Western
And Europe is the date that may be both men and women, to give people lover and close, a variety of cakes flowers and gifts, such as cards. Writing and "From Your Valentine", the card, or even write "Be My Valentine.".
In Europe and the United States, not as seen in Japan, the practice of White Day.
Is a different kind of gift, gift chocolates practice began in England in the late 19th century. Launched a chocolate gift box with a picture of Richard Cadbury Cadbury's second president in 1868 is beautiful. Back and forth on this, Cadbury has also released a heart-shaped Valentine candy box. Chocolate etc. These boxes are now often used to gift to the lover, such as Valentine's Day, this custom has spread to other areas go after. Since the solid may be treated as a kind of chocolate candy in English, there are documents that are referred to as "candy box" that this product.

Japan
Became popular from around 1958 in Japan, . However, the contents of which is one of the most unique to Japan has evolved. Some are made by foreigners who came to Japan before the war, but the spread was attempted for promotion by industry and confectionery industry distribution shortly after World War II, Japan had taken root in society, was the late 1970s. Was around this time that the style of the "Japanese-style Valentine's Day" was also satisfied "women to donate chocolate with great affection with a male predominance."

In Japan, it is customary to give chocolates as a confession of love to men women.

Although there can give chocolates to the person who will love and care in Europe and the United States as well, I can not even limited to Valentine's Day, nor does it represent that it has never limited to chocolate. Many point and the point of female-to-male gift that most of what gift would have been limited to chocolate, Valentine's Day is a major characteristic of the Japanese. In recent years, some people do not stick to the chocolate, cookies and cakes donated, and muffler, however.