Chapter 14: The so-called priest, the so-called shrine

　　 In a blink of an eye, it's the weekend.
　　 Qin Heqing returned to his home in Shinza City, Saitama Prefecture on the latest urban tram line
It is a single-family villa with a floor area that is not too exaggerated. It has two floors and eight rooms. Although it is not as easy as a dozen rooms in some rich mansions, it is not suitable for singles and both parents. For Qin Heqing, whose relatives and sisters live together, it is big enough. Even if you change the room for a week, you can't finish it.
Therefore, based on the idea of ​​waste utilization, Qin Heqing transformed a few of the rooms that were basically unused into utility rooms, and all kinds of old objects moved back from the warehouse of the shrine were placed in a certain way and served as the inside. Filling.
　　 But most of them are ordinary things, or even items that are completely impossible to use. Only a few of the remaining are ritual utensils that may be used during the New Year's festival, and Qin Heqing's family background.
　　 For example, the so-called secret sword stickers that are half-dilapidated, and the paper is seriously decayed, and even the name is illegible.
　　 The content is messy, the ghost knows what it is for.
　　 There are also some books on Yin and Yang, which are biased towards the study of Onmyoji.
　　 I really don’t know why there are so many things that are not related to priests in the family of a servant.
　　 Is it difficult, the ancestors of the old Qin family have broken through the Four Olds on the island country, defeated landlords and bureaucrats, and did things that beat the autumn wind?
　　Thinking about it, it doesn’t seem impossible.
After all, even this temple in his family was said to have been obtained from a certain great name in the Warring States Period. It is impossible to say that an old ancestor saw that his family was not enough, and he could not enjoy the benefits of the sect. Life is too'pure' or something, so I am moved by certain onmyojis and the like.
　　 After all, on the island country side, it is better for priests to be stronger in terms of fame and influence. The so-called Onmyojis, etc., are not enough to be seen in front of them at all, they are inferior figures.
Even if there was an extraordinary existence like Ampei Qingming, at most, it would only separate the Astronomy Department from the priests and even the Onmyoji system, and become the private domain of the Tuyumen family. It has gained a certain degree of status promotion instead of leading it. The entire Onmyoji system completely overthrew the priest system and became an indispensable force in the island nation’s Shinto system.
　　 There is no way, the Onmyoji is just like that. In comparison, even the witches are half a rank higher than theirs.
　　 Even though, in many cases, the shrine maiden is the role of the onmyoji.
　　 But that is only for ordinary witches. For witches who become "Zhu", the Onmyoji can not call them, and may even be dominated by Zhu.
　　 The reason is simple, because Zhu is a character who can communicate with the gods, and the witch is a person who serves the gods and is a happy god.
　　 Where is the priest?
　　The priest is the person who manages the shrine and takes care of the palace of the gods.
　　 In terms of functions, witches are dancers, musicians, and even servants of Fengxian flesh, Zhu is a saint, and priests are logistic managers.
　　Of course, in the absence of blessings, priests are also responsible for communicating with gods and believers, similar to the existence of temple blessings among the elders in China.
　　 And this is just an ordinary priest, if it is replaced by a descendant of the gods, similar to the emperor of the island kingdom, a priest who is accomplished by a man and a god, then it will be a bull. A proper will come, and no one in the community dares to disobey!
In comparison, onmyojis such as domestic feng shui masters, yin yang masters, and fortune-telling half immortals are of far lower grades. They can neither associate with gods nor bless them. They can only take people’s money and help them eliminate disasters. At most, it means changing Feng Shui, looking for tombs and so on. Proper businessmen, except that they are extremely miscellaneous, and do not need to be bound by so many rules, there is really nothing to be enviable.
　　 Not to mention, from time to time there will be some so-called conjurer roles that specialize in bad things in their center. It's really hard to convince people.
　　唔, the topic is a bit far off, and now his eyes are returning to Qin Heqing.
　　Qin and Qing took a short rest, and then took Yue'er out of the house and went to the shrine located at No. 6 Dojo 1, Chome, less than a block away from his home.
　　 Nothing happened on the road, and no moths appeared, Qin Heqing arrived at the shrine smoothly.
　　 Then, a shrine covering a large area was greeted by Qin Heqing.
　　 First is the large torii gate. The whole body is polished from rock. The gray color is full of the vicissitudes of history.
　　 Then there is the sign-Inari Shrine...
　　Yes, Inari Shrine, not Daishu Shrine or Komanwang Shrine, as for the reason? Quite simply, compared to Qin Shihuang, Inari Shrine is more in line with the religious needs of modern islanders. Therefore, even the shrine opened by his descendants of the Qin family had to follow the changes of the times and renamed the shrine dedicated to the first emperor of Qin and the ancestors of the Qin family to Inari, and enshrined the of Inari.
　　 Anyway, they were all gods made by their old Qin family, and there was no need to worry about a name for a long time. The key was the gods who sacrificed, as long as the gods were still those gods.
　　 So Qin Heqing, who had known this situation a long time ago, had no idea, and stepped into the shrine.
Then a spacious courtyard emerged. In front of it was the hall dedicated to the gods. The door of the hall was closed. Only a box for offerings was placed in front of the hall, with a thick hemp rope tied to the side. One end of the rope is tied to the beam on the front porch of the temple. A huge brass bell hangs from the beam. When the rope is pulled, UU reading www.uukanshu.com will make a clinking sound.
On the side is a house on the side. It is not too big. It is only two-thirds the size of the main temple of the temple. It was hollowed out in half facing the direction of the temple, forming a house similar to a sales stand. There are rows of shelves in it. It is stipulated that the day of worship, or when the township group organizes big activities, some activities such as selling amulets and helping people solve fortune-telling to earn some extra money.
The sacred tree planted in 　　 Shrine is on the opposite side of the commodity house. Because of the age old enough, it has grown into a towering tree with a very wide body, and no three or five people would ever want to hug it completely.
At the entrance of 　　 there is a hand-cleaning platform. The water used to clean the hands and mouth comes from underground spring water. I don’t know how much work was spent by the ancestors of the old Qin family who built the shrine back then.
After 　　 is a corridor leading to a spiritual place a dozen meters away-or a cemetery. Stone tombstones, large or small, stand in the cemetery for nearby descendants to visit and worship.
　　 This is the sorrow of small shrines. In order to make a living, I have to accept some business that ordinary shrines would not accept.
　　 For example, become a cemetery and be responsible for the town spirit.
　　 Of course, some apportionments are not ruled out.
After all, the nature of the shrines in the island country is rather magical, because it has no relationship with the lowest level organizations such as neighborhood offices. Before the Meiji Restoration, a large part of the shrines served as the responsibilities of community neighborhood committees, not only managing population registration and death cancellation. , But also to manage the public's thoughts and publicize the Da Ming policy and other businesses.
　　 Anyway, the complexity is beyond imagination!
　　 This is another reason why the shrine can get public service.
　　 Otherwise, it has the function of offering sacrifices to the gods, hoping that any shrine can be recognized? Don't think about it too beautifully.