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Higan

Buddhist holiday exclusively during both the Spring and Autumnal Equinox
Class type of: week Q866977

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
Buddhist holiday, Zassetsu[3]
Country
Japan[2]
Subclass of
week[5]
Day in year for periodic occurrence
March equinox, September equinox[6][7]
Foods traditionally associated
botamochi[8]
Has characteristic
no heat or cold lasts over the equinox[9]
Named after
Pāramitā[4]
Native label
彼岸[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Higan fa هیگان ja お彼岸 ja 彼岸 ja 彼岸会 ja 後彼岸 ja 春彼岸 ja 秋彼岸 ru Хиган th ฮิงัง
🔖 Identifiers · 2
BabelNet ID
03207043n
Freebase ID
/m/0c5hkm
🔗 Connections
Day in year for periodic occurrence 2
March equinox, September equinox
Country 1
Japan
Foods traditionally associated 1
botamochi
Instance of 1
Buddhist holiday
Named after 1
Pāramitā
Subclass of 1
week
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Summary

Higan is a Buddhist holiday[1].

Related Entities

Japan

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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