I just want to live in peace, I refuse to fall in love

Chapter 168 Asayama Shrine
In front of the shrine, there is a red torii gate standing alone. This is the dividing line between the human world and the divine world.

Torii is an auxiliary building of a Japanese shrine, representing the entrance to the divine realm. It generally has two shapes. If the top horizontal line of the word "kai" is flat, it is a natural god, such as a mountain god or a river god. There’s also stuff like the Boar God.

If the horizontal line on top of the word "kai" is slightly tilted at both ends, it means that the gods of the shrine here are human beings.For example, if humans were heroes who exterminated demons before they died, shrines would be built to commemorate them after their death.

The name of the shrine here is Asanyama Shrine. The top horizontal line of the torii gate in front of the door is flat, commemorating the mountain god, a natural god.

Shirakawa Kazuya passed through the torii gate. I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but he did seem to feel that the surroundings were cleaner.According to the rules, he has entered the divine realm.

There are many white threads tied on the torii gate, which are connected to the shrine and the nearby trees through the torii gate, vaguely surrounding the place into a circle.

Shirakawa Kazuya had read the book, and he said to Xiangzi who was a little confused, "This white zigzag paper ribbon made of straw is a thick rope, which represents the scope of the sky in the God's Domain. The circles of fences on the ground and The pillars are called Tamagaki, and the area surrounding them represents the scope of the divine realm."

"Wow, Onisan is so awesome and knows so much!" Xiangzi looked at Shirakawa Kazuya with admiration. She really didn't know much about these things. There is no shrine in Kuyama Town. She basically didn't know much about these things. She only learned about them from anime. seen.

Kawakami Masamune also came over, and here, even he restrained his voice slightly, and asked in a low voice, "Hey, Shirakawa, what do you think are those two dog-like things?"

Looking in the direction of his finger, several people saw two stone sculptures squatting in the corner in front of the shrine's worship hall. They looked like they should be some kind of animals.

"This is the envoy of the gods. It looks a bit like a Koma dog (bo, second tone)." Tsukichi Chihaya glanced at it, and then gave the answer in a light tone.

When she said this, Shirakawa Kazuya also thought about it and added with a smile, "When the Chinese stone lions were introduced to Japan, they became Koma dogs. This thing originated in India and was introduced to Japan from China together with Buddhism. Basically. Its function is to protect the shrine and drive away evil spirits."

After Shirakawa Kazuya finished speaking, he continued to observe the two koma dogs. He indeed saw the shadow of the stone lion on them, but the model was a few times smaller and looked a little less powerful.

Wait, why is it so quiet around here?Shirakawa Kazuya turned around and saw several people looking at him and Tsukichi Chihaya in shock.

Nagata Chinatsu sighed, "Although I know that Kazuya and Tsukiike-san are very powerful and knowledgeable, but feeling it so intuitively, I still wonder how the gap between people can be so big."

Several other people also nodded repeatedly, looking at the two of them with eyes full of admiration.Apparently they all think so.

"Here, read more books. There is a golden house in the book. If you read more, you can be like me!" Shirakawa Kazuya, who brought his own plug-in, smiled modestly.

"It's nothing great to know these things. Don't be humble and leave quickly." Yuechi Chihaya didn't care what other people thought of her. She walked to the hand that already looked dilapidated. water house.

The bottom of the hand water house is supported by four stone pillars, with a pool in the middle, and the word "washing the heart" is engraved on the bottom.

"There's no water in here anymore. We shouldn't need to wash it, right?" Kawakami Masamune knew this. Generally, you need to put some water on your hands before entering the shrine, which means that you are clean and ready to enter. "There's no water left, so the gods have acquiesced. Let's go in and have a look!" Megumi Ando bypassed the water house, climbed the steps and came to the vermilion door of the worship hall.

There are three kinds of shrine halls in Japanese shrines, namely the main hall, worship hall and coin hall.

The main hall, also known as the main hall, houses the divine body, offerings of food, and royal coins. It is considered the place where the gods rest and rest. It is very sacred and is forbidden to humans.The worship hall is a place for visitors to worship and pray. Generally, worship can be done outside the temple. For formal worship, you can go inside.The coin hall, also known as the middle hall, is located between the main hall and the worship hall and is used to worship coins and silk.

"The door here is locked." Mizuno was able to approach and tugged on the rusty brass lock, feeling a little regretful.

"It doesn't matter. We are not officially paying homage anyway. Normal worship can be done in front of the worship hall." Shirakawa Kazuya came over and asked a few people with a smile, "Does any of you want to give it a try? Although I don't know this place. Which mountain god is it being worshipped to, but maybe it has some function?”

The number of gods and monsters in Japan is simply uncountable. There are more than [-] registered in the shrine alone. Adding in some unofficial lists, there are about a hundred thousand gods and monsters. Naturally, there are many similarities among them.

"You have to pay for worshiping! Do any of you have coins on your body?" Masamune Kawakami smiled and stretched out his palm, ready to have sex for free.

For general worship, the amount of coins is less than [-] yen, which is not a big sum of money. It mainly reflects sincerity.

Tsukichi Chihaya naturally didn't bring that kind of small money with him, and Shirakawa Kazu didn't know that he was coming to visit, so he just brought some banknotes, and finally Kinoshita Maki stood up.

"I happen to have a few five-yen coins here, please share one with me." Kinoshita Maki took out a handful of coins from the inner pocket of her coat and distributed them to everyone.

"Okay, which one of us will come first?" Kawakami Masamune took the coin and did not rush to ring the bell, but looked around at everyone.

"Let me try it." Xiangzi stood up and walked to the dusty cash box.

Shirakawa Kazuya has already told her the process of visiting the shrine.She stretched out her hand and pulled the hanging rope, and the bell jingled twice. After attracting the god's attention, Xiangzi dropped the five-yen coin into the cash box. First, he lowered his head and bent to a ninety-degree angle for two times. Then he put his hands together in front of his chest, with his right hand slightly lower than his left hand, and patted twice.Finally, the person bows his head and bows once again, which is considered as the completion of the worship process.

She walked down and asked Kawakami Masamune to stand there and start worshiping.

"Xiangzi, what is your wish?" Shirakawa Kazuya asked her with a smile.

"If I don't tell you, it won't work if I say it." Xiangzi waved her hand and made a zipper movement with her mouth.

Nagata Chinatsu smiled and patted Shirakawa Kazuya on the back, "You guys, it was the same last time, you always want to know what other people's wishes are!"

(End of this chapter)