According to legend, in ancient times, in a small village near Lake Ahan in Japan, there was a beautiful woman who was the daughter of a chief. The chief wants his daughter to marry a man, but she has fallen in love with a soldier from another ordinary tribe. The chief didn't allow him to force his daughter to marry the person he liked. On the wedding night, the chief's daughter heard the grass flute played by the samurai in the distance, followed the flute and came to Ahan Lake. In the faint moonlight, they rowed into the lake in a wooden boat, agreed to become attached to each other in the afterlife, and then jumped into the lake in their hometown together. The chiefs and villagers felt their affection and turned to pray for their eternal happiness. The soul they fell in love with changed from their name to marimo in the lake, and they continued their love happily at the bottom of Lake Ahan until their death. From then on, men and women who love each other will be very happy as long as they come to Lake Ahan to pray. The green algae ball represents unswerving love and persistent efforts for happiness. People believe that cultivating algae balls can bring happiness, and it will turn the wishes of the cultivators into beliefs until their wishes come true.
Every day, you can read a happy spell in your heart against a small algae ball: Mari, Mari, Marimo…… ... ...
In Japan, there are also folk songs about this legend.
Clear, floating on the water.
I don't know what to do.
Love, sadness, sigh.
マリモよマリモのマリモ
to the effect that
Floating on the water in sunny days.
Sink underwater on rainy days.
Love is a sad sigh.
Tears turned into Marimo
A record called "marimo's Love" released decades ago is the only record with marimo as the theme so far, and it is also a sightseeing memorial of Ahan Lake in Hokkaido. Because of MARIMO's inherent meaning of "happiness", the computer software company launched Marimo's cultivation game in time, so that every OL eager for happiness can see his happiness on his desk. As long as you feed Marimo and talk to him, he will grow into balls of different shapes such as happiness and love, and his life will last for about 3 months. Marimo's life is divided into four aspects: baby, child, adult and old age: happiness, love, health and wealth.
Marimo can be given to lovers, lovers, friends and guests. In Taiwan Province Province, wedding companies use it to help newlyweds return it to those who attended their wedding, because there are many kinds of Chlorella, each with different meanings. Give everyone a happy spell according to their needs. Beauty companies use Marimo for customers, and graduate students can give each other gifts. I hope everyone has a good prospect and so on ~