How to make "Shide" of Japanese Shinto

「紙垂」「しで」
かつては麻（あさ）で穢（けがれ）を祓い清めていたようですが、
のちに楮（こうぞ：クワ科の落葉低木。
樹皮の繊維は日本紙の原料となる）から作った木綿（ゆう：楮から採った糸）や、
和紙（楮から作った紙）を用いるようになって、
後世になると、この紙を榊の枝に付けて清浄の証としたようです。

この紙が、今では「紙垂」といわれるもので、
素材としては奉書・美濃紙・半紙を用い、
垂れる数によって「二垂・三垂・四垂・・・」などがあります。

古式には白川流・吉田流・伊勢流があり、
またそれぞれの神社でも裁ち方や折り方に伝統があるものです。

いずれにしても白衣を着用して身を清め、
心を落ちつけて紙垂を作り上げます。

玉串（たまぐし）や注連縄（しめなわ）などには、
多くは四垂が用いられます。

紙垂を注連縄にはさみ込むときは、
紙垂の頭部分を小さく二つくらいに折り曲げて、
縄日に等間隔にはさみ込むようにします。

「注連縄」は神社や神棚などに見られるように、
神聖な区域に懸け渡し、内と外を隔てて、
不浄にふれさせないために用いられるものです。
つまり、ここが特別な場所であることを、人々に明示するためであります。

ですから、紙垂を垂らすというのも、注連縄を目立たせて、
縄の所在をはっきりさせる目印なのです。

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• Japan
• Shinto-Shrine
• Japanese-Culture

[arutsuro88]

thanks for your tutorial, i practice shinto and this made me happy to know how build one. : )

[HouzanSuzuki]

Cuando usted tenía interés en la receta de este papel, examínela por favor en sitio japonés formal.

Estoy cambiando algunas recetas wittingly.

La razón es porque la persona extraña don' t hace la imitación fácil.

La original es otra forma.

Es decir satisfaga utilizan este vídeo como oportunidad usted que tiene interés en éstos.

[HouzanSuzuki]

1.

The reason that a person belonging to religion now must not be concerned with another religion.

Please suppose that there are two musical instruments here.

Two the musical instruments are very different in "tuning and a musical scale".

If two musical instruments played it simultaneously, it occurs a Dissonance.

The dissonance which resembled this occurs in your body and invisible body.

However, it do not mean that a musical instrument of either is bad.

[HouzanSuzuki]

2.

Gap of two musical scale and tuning make disharmony.

Please think that the system of each religion is "different software or different computer language"

If you want to learn various kinds of religion, you must not learn it never simultaneously.

At first you should become in no religion once, or be converted to next another religion.

Always belong to only one system each time.

Do a trip of plural religion and mysteries studies by such a way.

You may continue the trip safely if you do it so.

[HouzanSuzuki]

3.

Therefore a person belonging to religion of something must never mix other system of religion.

It does not mean that Shinto is exclusive.

It give you calamity and evil, if you mix two religions in the world.

Always remember a proverb of "tuning and a musical scale" of a musical instrument.

In addition, there is the place that specific religion magic is easy to come into force, and there is the place which cannot come into force. For example, Kuji-kiri has no effect in a place except Asia.

[HouzanSuzuki]

@Yoshikkko

This video is simple introduction.

In fact it is the different recipe.

I am changing part with formal form wittingly.

Therefore, I think that you had better not refer to it.

When you want to make it justly, please ask a Japanese chief priest of a Shinto shrine priest．

[HouzanSuzuki]

By the way, there is a big reason to give you the mood that Shinto is peaceful.

Shinto does not have central God and initiator.

Therefore it not to become a Cult.

It not to become fanatic one-god belief.

A lot of gods make a structure such as a family like a Greek myth.

Well,Christian says "God bless you"

However,

if I express mood of Shinto in a word,

it become in this way.

"Gods play with you"

[HouzanSuzuki]

I will express a slightly interesting talk.

A wedding ceremony by a Shito ceremony is general in Japan.

However, obsequies by a Shinto ceremony is very very unusual in Japan.

A mistake of manners and procedure are not forgiven by the ceremony.

My friend has been present at the obsequies only once.

All the members of an attendant felt tense very much.

Even I have not experienced the obsequies of Shinto.

[Kenmaru4]

thats cool i read about this somewhere