Believed to Make a Wish Come True, Know the Legend of 1000 Storks from Japan, let's!

Origami is a paper folding craft that forms part of Japanese culture.

Have your friends ever tried to make origami?

One of the most famous origami is origami cranes.

If you can make origami cranes, you can make origami as a decoration in your room, lo.

But, do you know? In Japan there are 1,000 stork legends from this origami, lo!

Not only are legends that have been trusted by the Japanese people, there are also stories of 1,000 moving cranes. Let's find out!

The Legend of 1,000 Storks and the Meaning of Storks for Japanese People

Origami cranes are not only beautiful, but they have a special meaning for Japanese people, friends.

In the legend of 1,000 cranes, it is told that people who are able to make 1,000 cranes believe that their wishes can come true, friends.

In Japan, people call it Senbazuru, which means 1,000 storks.

After making origami cranes, usually Japanese people tie this paper cranes to a rope.

Actually, making 1,000 cranes is a valuable lesson about patience and accuracy.

In Japan, cranes are purified animals, friends.

Stork is believed to have lived for thousands of years.

Therefore, storks are a symbol of good luck and long life.

Stork is also a symbol of loyalty, because when paired, stork will be faithful throughout his life.

Not only in Japan, storks are also a symbol of goodness and honesty in Chinese culture.

Since When Was Senbazuru Made by Japanese?

Since long time ago, the art of folding paper or origami has become part of Japanese art and religious ceremonies.

Around the 1700s, there was a book about how to fold a thousand cranes, in Japan.

Because it's easy to follow, this stork-shaped origami is increasingly popular, friends.

Well, because cranes are believed to live for thousands of years, one paper cranes symbolizes one year of cranes.

Heartwarming Story of Sadako Sasaki and Paper Crane

This belief also applies to people who are sick, friends.

If you succeed in making 1,000 storks, it is hoped that the person will recover soon.

In the 1950s, there was a girl named Sadako Sasaki who had leukemia.

The reason for being exposed to radiation from a nuclear bomb explosion in Hiroshima during World War II.

Sadako was determined to make 1,000 paper cranes so that he could recover.

However, before he finished 1,000 storks, Sadako finally passed away, friends.

Because of his enthusiasm, there is a monument that was built to commemorate Sadako's struggle.

This monument is called the Children's Peace Monument, which means the Children's Peace Monument.

This monument symbolizes children's hopes for world peace and there is no more war in the world.

Every August 6, children from all over the world send paper cranes to this Sadako monument to keep their hopes alive.

Heartwarming, friends?

Until now, 1,000 paper cranes are still a gift for marriage or childbirth in Japan, lo.

1,000 paper cranes are also often hung by Japanese people in their homes, as a symbol of luck.

Wow, who would have thought that simple origami had very deep meaning for Japanese people, huh?


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