Shrine Shinto

Shrine Shinto (神社, jinja?) Is a permanent structure built of wood to worship based on Shinto beliefs. Not all the Shinto shrine is a permanent building, a number of temples have rebuilding schedule. Buildings in Ise Jingū example, was rebuilt every 20 years.

In ancient times, although not established buildings, places of worship still called Shinto Shinto shrine. At that time, the dreaded forces of nature such as mountains (volcanoes), waterfalls, rocks, and forests are the object of worship. Shinto shrine shaped like a building now known, is estimated to come from the cult buildings made permanent after that inhabited the We moved from goshintai (object of worship). Shinto Shrine does not have a hall for worship, and not a place to listen to a lecture or propagate religion. In the current era, a Shinto shrine used for traditional Japanese wedding ceremony.

According to the Almanac of Religion (Shūkyō Nenkan) in 1992 published the Cultural Bureau of Japan, Shinto Shrine Association members consist of 79,173-shaped temple religious foundations. This association is also used as shelter 38 religious organizations, religious bodies 9, 20,336 religious instructor, and 82,631,196 adherents of Shinto.

Shinto Shrine originated from the altar (himorogi) which was built for worship while in iwakura (place of worship of nature) or residence of us who made the forbidden human limits, in general shintaisan (the mountain abode of the Us). First permanent building was not there. Origins may be as utaki in Okinawa.

Since ancient times until now, Shinto shrines often do not have honden. There is also the only temple built in front haiden or iwakura mountain / island is forbidden to enter the human (eg: Ōmiwa Temple, Temple Isonokami, Munakata Taisha). Some of the Shinto shrine did not have a building, such as Hiro Shrine in Kumano Nachi Taisha. Having made a permanent building, the day-to-day We always believed in the Shinto shrine. Permanent buildings in a Shinto shrine is also expected as a result of Buddhist influence that always has to keep building statues of Buddha.

Based on an unknown reason, the ancient Shinto adherents in the building adjacent to the already revered goshintai hereditary previously. Buildings Temple Koshikiiwa example, was built adjacent to the iwakura. When it is necessary to build the temple, such as establishing the village, residents chose the sacred place as a place of worship ujigami or bunrei.

Based on the reasons for the establishment of a building, a Shinto shrine is divided into three types: the temple founded on historical reasons (such as in places associated with the birth of a clan, or where figures relating to the purified, for example in Dazaifu Tenmangū), the temple founded in place that have been purified, and the temple erected in a place easily accessible person. Temple Nikkō Futarasan example, at the height of the mountain to the temple should be built branches in accessible locations. The building of the temple can be built anywhere, starting from the middle of the sea, on top of the mountain, to the roof-storey building in the home or in the form of kamidana.

The parts of the temple
Shinto temple complex are easily recognized by a protective forest called Chinju no mori (鎮守 の 森?) All around (except for the temple located in the middle of town). Big tree called goshintai-ki is often marked by Shimenawa. Temple complex (keidai) regarded as sacred area so that at the entrance to the temple was built torii as borderline between the sacred temple complex and the profane. The entrance to the temple complex is called Sando.

On the inside of the temple complex adjacent to the entrance, was built chōzuya (where water flows). People who visit the temple to purify the water using his hands and mouth. Office manager of the temple and the sales counter and ema omamori in easily visible places visitors. In a large temple complex was also built ponds often (shinchi) and bridges (shinkyō).

The building of the temple consists of honden (part of which is adjacent to the altar) and haiden (the outside). People who come to pray outside in the front haiden. Object of worship called goshintai, located in the deepest part of the so-called honden. Honden surrounding areas are generally surrounded by a fence (tamagaki) made of wood or stone.

The room that was between haiden called honden and Heiden (the offerings). [4] In the read norito Heiden (prayer), and placed heihaku (币帛?, Offering to us) in the form of cloth, clothing, weapons, Miki (sake) , and food offerings (Shinsen).

Inside the temple complex (keidai) there are secondary temples called sessha. In the secondary temples are praised by us relating to the Our main object of worship. Secondary Temple was also established for the local We have long occupied the land before the location of the main temple was built. If there are other We then built a temple called secondary massha. Another term to refer to massha is sessha and setsumatsusha.

Shugo shinbutsu after the start of the Nara period, Buddhist temples, called jingū-ji was established in the Shinto temple complex. Monk was hired to conduct the kuyō for Us. [5] Another name for the jingū-ji-ji bettō (别 当 寺?) Or miyadera (宫 寺?) (Guji). Since the days of Nara, a Buddhist temple in the complex is also a Shinto shrine. Union practices of Buddhism and Shinto in Japan ended after the government issued orders Meiji era separation of Buddhism and Shinto (shinbutsu hanzen-rei). After Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines were no longer in a complex, gojūnotō and butsudō (the hall where the Buddha statue placed) in a Shinto temple complex part dismantled. Monk distinguished from Shinto priest (kanzukasa or shinkan).

List of buildings and objects commonly found in Shinto shrines:

* Torii
* Sando
* Toro (stone lanterns)
* Komainu
* Teuzuya (chōzuya, temizuya)
* Haiden
* Heiden
* Saisen
* Honden
* Kaguraden
* Maidono
* Emaden
* Sessha and massha
* Rōmon (楼门?, Gates)
* Shamusho (社 务 所, office manager?).

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