Introduction to Japanese festivals: the fire festival of pommel horse in Kyoto strange festival?

In traditional festivals all over Japan, various fire sacrifices are common and important activities all year round. In some places, fire festivals are held to announce the arrival of spring, while in others, they are held to announce the end of the summer mountaineering season and express gratitude to the mountain gods. The pommel horse fire festival held in the ancient capital Kyoto is also a festival full of rich local customs. Today we are going to introduce a Japanese festival, the pommel horse fire festival in Kyoto.

The pommel horse fire festival is a festival held every year on June 22nd, 10, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City Qi Shrine. During the festival, there are huge bonfires and 250 torches, which will make the night sky red. Even if it rains, this activity will generally go on as usual.

The fire sacrifice of pommel horse held in Qi Shrine aims to reproduce the scene of offering sacrifices to gods in pommel horse area. At 6 o'clock in the evening, bonfires were lit in front of each house, and people holding various torches loudly announced the arrival of the festival, and then marched along the street all night. The fire sacrifice on the pommel horse, together with the "Anlai Sacrifice" at Imamiya Shrine (the second Sunday in April) and the "Cattle Sacrifice" at Guanglong Temple (now closed), is called "Three Unique Sacrifices in Kyoto".

The protagonist of the festival is a bonfire 3 meters high, with more than 250 torches all over the roadside. Children are holding small torches, while adults are holding big fires weighing more than 80 kilograms. After 8 pm, people gathered at the mountain gate of Ma 'an Temple to pay homage to Yuqi Shrine. After that, young people marched along the street carrying two sedan chairs, and the festival activities reached a climax. The activity lasted until late at night and ended after zero.

As a place of worship, Yuqi Shrine is a representative building in Antu Taoshan period (1573-1598), and the fir trees growing in the shrine have a history of 800 years. The local natural scenery is beautiful, and tourists can also visit it in1the red leaf season in early October 165438+ or the cherry blossom season in early April (the flowering time is different every year).

The transportation mode of pommel horse fire festival takes about 15 minutes from JR Kyoto Station, then transfers to Ruishan Electric Railway Ruiyamamoto Line and pommel horse line at Chumachiyama Station for about 30 minutes, and then gets off at pommel horse station and walks there.

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