The origin of the shrine?
For a long time, I had the habit of offering sacrifices to the gods and praying the day before yesterday. They think that there are gods in charge of all kinds of things in the world, so they built shrines for them. It is for this reason that when we travel to Japan, we will find that we can meet a shrine within a short walk. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 80,000 shrines in Japan, which is really a big family of gods. If you pray in China, you will go to your own gods to pray for family safety, smooth work, happy marriage for your children and so on. But in Japan, to pray for these three things, you may have to go to three different shrines ~
How to worship with etiquette?
1. Before we enter the shrine, we will go through torii first. Players of Yin and Yang Division should be familiar with this building, because crossing torii means you will enter the territory of the gods, so you will bow outside torii to show your respect, and you will be serious when you enter the home of the gods.
Just like we need to keep clean before visiting other people's homes, we need to dry our hands with wooden spoons outside the shrine in the order of left and right hands, then rinse our mouths before entering the shrine to ensure cleanliness and neatness, and then clean the handle of the wooden spoon with tap water to avoid causing trouble to the people who follow.
You can visit the shrine next, and you will find that everyone will go to the front? Cash box? Put a five-dollar coin first, because it's a good omen, because in Japanese? Five dollars? With what? Decree by destiny? The pronunciation is very similar.
4. After that, you make a wish to God. First gently shake the bell on the rope to attract the attention of the gods, then bow to the gods twice at a 90-degree angle, then clap your hands on your chest with your hands folded, and then you can make a pious wish. Remember to bow to the gods again after making a wish, and the ceremony is over.
Finally, you can draw lots or write down your wishes on the horse. This process should be familiar to everyone. When you leave torii after all your visits, you should also bow gratefully to torii to show your gratitude.
We can usually see such a complete picture of paying homage in cartoons, and we can also see that the shrines visited by some people are particularly beautiful, and the shrines visited by no one are particularly depressing and even make the gods disappear, so this is also the reason why Japanese people often pay homage. It is really a beautiful and peaceful wish to pray for the gods to be with people forever ~