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14) Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺)🪂🙏
'To Jump Off the Stage at Kiyomizu' (清水の舞台から飛び降りる) is similar to the expression 'To Take the Plunge'.
The temple was founded in 778 by Enchin (延鎮), a Nara novice who settled here after searching for a golden river he had seen in a dream.
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In the Heian period water was collected for the steam baths below Kiyomizu-dera, where the aristocracy purified themselves before praying at the temple.
In Edo times local noodle makers and watermelon farmers used the waters in order to sell their products as 'sickness prevention'.
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In reality, throughout the temple's history, it has been up to the individual to make a wish when drinking the water (regardless of what stream it is collected from)🙏
And now a warning.
Drink all 3 and no wish will come true. Instead, misfortune will certainly visit you💀😱 -
Tradition tells us that Otowa-no-taki's waters do not actually differ in power, but recently the three streams have been wrongly promoted as offering their own qualities: the right for 'intelligence', the middle for 'health' and the left for 'longevity'.
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Some of you may find the name 'Otowa-no-taki' (音羽の滝) familiar, and that is because Kiyomizu-dera's waterfall is also called the 'Sound of Feathers Falls'.
That sacred waterfall is the source of the temple's name...
Kiyomizu '清水'🤔='pure waters'😌 -
On the east side of Kiyomizu-dera's main hall, on a beam below the latticed shutters, is a long, deep scratch (堂々巡り筋痕).
It was created by the countless rosary beads rubbed against the wood so that worshippers could feel their way around the hall in the dark.ddd -
3) 堂々巡り📿
"Circling the temple hall" is similar to the English phrase "Going around in circles". It is yet another idiom born at Kiyomizu-dera.
Pilgrims would circle the main hall, often many hundreds of times, as an act of faith. -
Astonishingly, the temple recorded 234 attempts!
Although the stage is 13m high, the survival rate amongst jumpers was a good 85% (landings cushioned by bushes and the gradient of the hillside).
In the Genroku era (元禄 1688-1704) alone 20 jumps were recorded.
Jumping is now prohibited😉 -
1) 清水の舞台から飛び降りる🪂
Let's start with the most famous.
"To jump off the stage at Kiyomizu-dera" is similar to the English expression "Taking the plunge"...committing oneself despite a risk of failure.In Edo times it was believed that if you survived the jump a long-held wish would be granted.
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A more fanciful legend explains that the monk and warrior Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶 1155–89), famed for his strength and stature, accidentally scratched the wood when he was pestering Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune (源義経 'Ushiwakamaru') at Kiyomizu-dera.
The pair famously battled at Gojō Bridge (五条大橋), and again later at Kiyomizu-dera.
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On the east side of Kiyomizu-dera's main hall, on a beam below the latticed shutters, is a long, deep scratch (堂々巡り筋痕).
It was created by the countless rosary beads rubbed against the wood so that worshippers could feel their way around the hall when darkness fell.
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On the east side of Kiyomizu-dera's main hall, on a beam below the latticed shutters, is a long, deep scratch (堂々巡り筋痕).
It was created by the countless rosary beads rubbed against the wood so that worshippers could feel their way around the hall when darkness fell.
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On the east side of Kiyomizu-dera's main hall, on a beam below the latticed shutters, is a long, deep scratch (堂々巡り筋痕).
It was created by the countless rosary beads rubbed against the wood so that worshippers could feel their way around the hall when darkness fell.
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On the east side of Kiyomizu-dera's main hall, on a beam below the latticed shutters, is a long, deep scratch (堂々巡り筋痕).
It was created by the countless rosary beads rubbed against the wood so that worshippers could feel their way around the hall when darkness fell.
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On the east side of Kiyomizu-dera's main hall, on a beam below the latticed shutters, is a long, deep scratch (堂々巡り筋痕).
It was created by the countless rosary beads rubbed against the wood so that worshippers could feel their way around the hall when darkness fell.
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👆THE PILGRIMS' SCRATCH⚡️
Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺) has given birth to 2 famous idioms.
The second is...
"Circling the temple hall" , similar to the English phrase "going around in circles".
堂々巡り📿Pilgrims would circle the main hall, often many hundreds of times, as an act of faith.
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https://www.wacoca.com/tour/171562/ [4k]Kyoto Walk / This is Kyoto in Summer! Higashiyama Scenery You Must Visit #higasiyama #japan #JapanBeautifulCity #KiyomizuTemple #kyoto #KyotoTour #ninenzaka #sannenzaka #strolling #travel #WalkThroughJapan #walking #三年坂 #二年坂 #京都 #散歩 #旅行 #日本 #東山 #正法寺ツアー #清水寺
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Kannon would reward these acts of faith by granting one wish📿
But what if you did not survive the fall?
Well, it was not all bad news.
Your soul would be carried directly to "Kannon's Pure Land", Mount Potalaka (補陀洛 'Fudaraku-san'), in the seas south of India😇 -
'Young Woman Jumping from the Kiyomizu Temple Stage with an Umbrella as a Parachute' (清水の舞台より飛ぶ美人) by Suzuki Harunobu (鈴木春信 1724-1770), Utagawa Yoshiume (歌川芳梅 1819-1879) and Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延 1838–1912).
Image thanks🙇♂️-http://arc.ritsumei.ac.jp
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😖🙏STAGE DIVING KYŌTO-STYLE🪂😇
"To jump off the stage at Kiyomizu" (清水の舞台から飛び降りる) is similar to the English expression "taking the plunge".
In Edo times it was believed that if you survived the jump a long-held wish would be granted.
#Kyoto #京都 #folklore #清水寺 #Kiyomizudera #temple #stagediving
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Evening at Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺), just before the lights go out.
#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #清水寺 #Kiyomizudera #花子 #Hanako #HigashiyamaHanatoro #東山花灯路
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Here's some highlights from what may well have been the last Hanatōro.
👣 🏮🏮🏮🏮🏮🏮🏮🏮🏮🏮🏮🏮🏮🏮🏮🏮🏮🏮🌸
A little later in the evening the crowds thin out...the perfect time to have Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺) to yourself.
#東山花灯路 #HigashiyamaHanatoro #花灯路 #hanatoro #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #清水寺 #Kiyomizudera
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Some of you may find the name 'Otowa-no-taki' (音羽の滝) familiar, and that is because Kiyomizu-dera's waterfall is also called the 'Sound of Feathers Falls'.
That sacred waterfall is the source of the temple's name...
Kiyomizu '清水'🤔
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'pure waters'😌 -
A rather frightening curse hangs over the 'three' slopes. If you fall on 'Sannenzaka' you will be dead within 3 years, do so on 'Ninenzaka' and you have 2 years only, tumble on 'Ichinenzaka' and you really don't have much time left.
Be careful how you go⏱️😱👣
#Japan #Kyoto #Kiyomizudera #Sannenzaka #Ninenzaka #三年坂 #二年坂 #京都 #清水寺
