Chapter 86 God Torii Gate
It is almost three o'clock in the afternoon.
After a brief tidying up, Liu Fang immediately hired a car to go to the Rimu Shrine.
The next day...
In the quiet forest, there is a stone step that is unknown for many years standing next to the mountain.
The trees here are lush, with ancient charm, and are far away and quiet, and are like a forest.
Listen quietly, the cicadas and birds are singing, and the clear and distant and empty. On this stone steps standing by the mountain stand the entrance of the shrine, the dividing line between the divine realm and the human world.
People call it "Torii"
The basic shape is parallel to the ground, and is called "Shenming Torii".
It looks a bit like the word "open".
This thing similar to the archway exudes a silent Zen meaning. It has a distant, tranquility and emptiness that cannot be described in words, giving people a feeling of entering a paradise in the mountains, forests, wild streams.
The so-called shrine is actually the native religion of Japan and the place where Gods live in Shintoism.
In the island country of Japan, Shintoism belongs to the polytheistic sect. They believe that everything in the world can be gods, such as the sun, the moon, mountains, rivers, and even foxes, frogs, and cats.
Therefore, under the influence of Japanese Shintoism, many Japanese people have eight million gods in the eyes of this world, which basically covers all things in the world, and even a grain of rice is inhabited by gods.
Therefore, because there are many gods, people regard Torii as the dividing line between the divine realm and the human realm. When passing through Torii and walking towards the shrine, it means entering the realm of God.
Because of its simple structure, solid raw materials and unwavering, Torii also adds a lot of mystery to many places in Japan.
The stone steps built on the mountain here are the entrance of the so-called Sunmu Shrine. Going up the stairs, you will find a wall that is one person high on the hillside. Inside the wall is a wooden house that has been around for many years, which is a shrine that worships gods.
There is also a towering tree in the walled courtyard. Judging from its branches covering the sky, the tree is probably at least hundreds of years old.
This big tree is admired and worshipped by the locals, and it is also the sacred tree where locals look for love and meet the destined ones.
People call it the sacred tree, and after sincerely finishing the incense, they write their wishes on the red cloth strip and throw them on the tree.
At the same time, there is also a three-story wooden building in the courtyard, which looks like a modern house.
In one bedroom in the residence...
One person broke in and suddenly opened the curtains. The man's hair was gray and he was at least 60 or 70 years old. He was wearing a muscle jacket, white clothes, scarlet hair, white foot bags, and red straw sandals.
The back of the gray hair is wrapped in white sandalwood paper.
The old man dressed in a red and white witch, pointed at the figure on the tatami on the ground and drank: "Why don't you get up quickly, the sun is still burning your butt, and the gods will punish you!"
The dazzling light shone into the house after the curtains were opened. The beautiful girl who looked like a harmless and innocent girl.
She was trying hard to open her sleepy eyes, moaned, buried her head in the quilt again, muttering, "What's the matter? No one comes anyway, I'll sleep for a while..."
"Stupid girl, I'm still sleeping. If I sleep, the gods will punish you!"
"Oh... Grandma, no one has come to the shrine these days, and you have seen it. Gods want to take a vacation, so what's wrong with me sleeping in?" The girl became more and more impatient.
"Non-do, as a witch serving the gods, you must always hold a Kagura bell and dance Kagura dance to pray for the pilgrims.
We also need to help manage social affairs, and we cannot be slacking off!"
As a result, as soon as he was halfway through the quilt, the girl's resting sound came from the quilt.
The older witch couldn't help but sigh and shook her head, then she lifted the quilt and saw the girl in pajamas with messy hair and saliva at the corner of her mouth and was sleeping soundly.
Seeing this, the old witch grabbed her arm and planned to force her to get up.
The girl struggled to lift her eyelids and stayed on the tatami and refused to get up. She felt helpless: "Oh, this period is not a zodiac day, so there are naturally fewer people coming.
What's wrong with letting me have a good sleep..."
"Recently, mascots, memory cards, and magical talismans can't be sold.
It is because you are negligent that God has sued his sins and his business has plummeted!
If this continues, we have to sniff the northwest wind!" The old witch was unwilling to let go.
The young witch was too lazy to get up, and the two of them tugged each other and said something to blame each other.
"Grandma, how can I blame me for the bad business? I have done everything I should do. Who can I blame me for the bad luck?
If I want to say it is because our shrine is too remote, it is just in the suburbs where birds do not shit."
"Don't talk nonsense, get up and work. I'm so useless at such a young age. I want to see what you do in the future!"
Just as the old and the young were pulling each other, a shout from someone suddenly came from the yard!
"Moshimosi, is anyone there? Is anyone there!"
When the two of them heard the movement, they were subconsciously stunned. The old witch immediately gave up and said, "God, bless you, finally have business!"
After saying that, he quickly waved his legs and left. Before leaving the bedroom, he even looked at the woman lying on the tatami mat. He was so angry that he said, "Get up quickly, I didn't see the business coming!" Then he turned around and left.
Looking at the back of her grandmother leaving, the girl curled her lips and muttered: "Old money-loving..."
Then he reluctantly stood up slowly and began to dress up.
On the other side, in the courtyard, under the towering trees, a man was looking up at the lush branches.
The visitor was Liu Fang, who heard the information in Wang Pu'na yesterday. After hearing clues about the insect ninja here, he rushed over without stopping. He had not slept all night and his eyes were red.
When he arrived at the shrine, he saw that no one was taking care of him, so he had no choice but to shout to see if anyone was entertaining him.
At this moment, he was looking at the big tree in front of him. Liu Fang was thinking in his mind how long it could be burned if he cut the tree as firewood.
As soon as he saw footsteps coming from behind him, an old voice asked him: "Is there anything you have to do?"
Liu Fang looked back and found that it was an elderly man wearing red and white clothes, a typical Japanese witch costume. He immediately became energetic and said, "I'm here to ask about things!"
"Oh, I want to divine, it's okay, my granddaughter is responsible.
But you must first worship the gods.
Insect and oil money and worship offerings are indispensable. There are some things I have, so you can see what you need first.
After worshiping the gods, you have to pray for blessings and remove the filthy things on your body. After doing it, you will be divined.
These are all the intentions of serving the God, I hope you can understand.”
Liu Fang shook his head, "No, no, I'll ask one thing."
Chapter completed!