"The Maekake" of Kakkyo-yama Gionfestival

As for "the Maekake" giving glory to the front of Kakkyo-Yama , it is had made newly for Tenmei era five years(1785). A design is a figure of Tang beautiful woman play(唐美人遊楽図） comfort in figured brocade of cloth of white background. It seems that it is a pattern from a Chinese historical fact. A thing called right and left of a special feature and "a chest back(胸背）" of the pyramid roof that expressed Chinese phoenix / celadon porcelain tea bowl with cloud-crane pattern / god of the south / Iwanami above is seamed together. As for the thing of last years of a light country in China, this "chest back（胸背）" reaches it by minute embroidery. If a Maekake is had made newly in Tenmei era 5, I face it, and it is thought this "chest back（胸背）" to have made up for for each 4 pieces in five pieces, right and left above because I have a small special feature.

The hometown of Kakkyo(郭巨）

The hometown of Kakkyo( 郭巨) is China. There is the narration of Kakkyo(郭巨) in Hebei in China. According to this, there was the explanation of the place where Kakkyo( 郭巨) dug gold.

It is explanation of Chinese as follows.

明朝人蔡培元和李锡彤辑录的《二十四孝图诗合刊》在我国流传甚广，其中关于“郭巨埋儿”的故事就出在内邱县金店村。　　《内邱县志》有记载，郭巨东汉人，原籍河南林县，因“家贫岁凶”，讨饭流落到内邱县金提镇（即现在的金店村），给人帮佣度日，生活十分艰难。郭巨有一老母和一个不满三岁孩子。老母疼爱孙子，有饭自己舍不得吃，都留给孙子。郭巨对妻子说：“本来能让母亲吃上饭就已很困难，再有儿子分享她的饭食，老人家恐怕就会饿死了。”夫妻为孝敬老人，忍痛抱着孩子来到野外，准备埋掉儿子。谁知挖坑挖到三尺多深，竟挖出一个罐子，里面盛满了黄金。郭巨高兴地抱着孩子和一罐金子回了家，从此一家人再不为衣食发愁。而且郭巨的孝名也传遍了天下。当时，郭巨为感念天恩，曾在挖出金子的地方修建了座“慈仁寺”。后人又在此建了一座“郭巨塔”，以示纪念。

Yasaka-Shrine "Okera-Mairi"

"A Happy New Year"

Act of God of the seeing the old year out of Yasaka-jinja Shrine, "Okera-Mairi" （をけら詣り）　went and worshiped. In a ceremony reaching new age, I bring it in the home in a fuse than "Okera" fire and cook the soup containing vegetables and rice cakes for New Year's Day for New Year holidays in the source and pray for the health in a new year.