Published: 2024-04-19 05:57

奈良 桜井 大神神社で「鎮花祭」無病息災を祈る

神前に薬を供えて、無病息災を祈る「花祭」が奈良県桜井市大神神社行われました。

桜井市にある大神神社の「花祭」は、春の花が散るころに病気が広がる考えられていたことから、はやり病などを鎮めようと1300年以上前から続く神事です。 全国製薬会社から薬が届けられることから「薬まつり」とも呼ばれ、神前にはかぜ薬胃薬などおよそ2500点が供えられました。

神事では、神職薬草のゆり根を供え祝詞をあげたあと、4人のみこ疫病退散などを願う「の舞」という神楽奉納しました。

このあと、参列した製薬会社や医療関係者などが神前玉串ささげ無病息災祈っていました。

大阪から訪れた70代の男性は「祭りには何度か来たことがあります。年齢重ねるごと健康過ごしたいと思っています」と話していました。

神前供えられた医薬品福祉施設寄付されるということです。

# 言葉 意味
4 しんぜん (神前) : before god; before an altar
4 そなえる (供える) : to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
2 むびょう (無病) : in sound health
2 そくさい (息災) : good health
2 ちん (鎮) : 1. a weight 2. temple supervisor
2 はなまつり (花祭り) : Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
2 さくらいし (桜井市) : Sakurai (city) (place)
2 だいじんじんじゃ (大神神社) : Daijin Shrine (place)
2 かみわざ (神業) : 1. divine work; miracle; superhuman feat 2. Shinto ritual
2 せいやく (製薬) : medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
1 ならけん (奈良県) : Nara prefecture (Kinki area)
1 おこなう (行う) : to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
1 ちる (散る) : 1. to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves) 2. to scatter; to be dispersed
1 ひろがる (広がる) : to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
1 かんがえる (考える) : 1. to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on) 2. to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration
1 はやり (流行り) : 1. fashion; fad; vogue; craze 2. prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
1 しずめる (静める) : to appease; to suppress; to calm
1 ぜんこく (全国) : the whole country
1 とどける (届ける) : 1. to deliver; to forward; to send 2. to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities); to give notice; to register
1 まつり (祭り) : 1. festival; feast 2. harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; flaming
1 よぶ (呼ぶ) : 1. to call out (to); to call; to invoke 2. to summon (a doctor, etc.)
1 かぜぐすり (風邪薬) : remedy for a cold; cold medicine
1 いぐすり (胃薬) : stomach medicine
1 およそ (凡そ) : 1. about; roughly; approximately 2. generally; on the whole; as a rule
1 しんしょく (神職) : Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
1 やくそう (薬草) : medicinal herb
1 のりと (祝詞) : 1. ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite 2. congratulatory address
1 みこ (巫女) : 1. miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines 2. medium; sorceress; shamaness
1 えきびょう (疫病) : epidemic; plague; pestilence
1 たいさん (退散) : dispersing; breaking up; running away
1 き (奇) : 1. strange; unconventional; eccentric; novel 2. odd; odd number
1 たましい (魂) : soul; spirit
1 かぐら (神楽) : ancient Shinto music and dancing
1 ほうのう (奉納) : dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
1 さんれつ (参列) : attendance; participation; presence
1 いりょう (医療) : medical care; medical treatment
1 かんけいしゃ (関係者) : person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
1 たまぐし (玉串) : 1. branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering) 2. sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
1 ささげる (捧げる) : 1. to lift up; to hold up; to hold above eye level 2. to give; to offer; to consecrate
1 いのる (祈る) : to pray; to wish
1 おおさか (大阪) : 1. Osaka (city, prefecture) 2. large hill
1 おとずれる (訪れる) : 1. to visit; to call on 2. to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
1 まつり (祭り) : 1. festival; feast 2. harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; flaming
1 なんど (何度) : 1. how many times 2. how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
1 ねんれい (年齢) : age; years
1 かさねる (重ねる) : 1. to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another 2. to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
1 ごと (毎) : each; every
1 けんこう (健康) : 1. health 2. healthy; sound; fit; wholesome
1 すごす (過ごす) : 1. to pass (time); to spend 2. to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol)
1 おもう (思う) : 1. to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon 2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
1 はなす (話す) : 1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat 2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
1 いやくひん (医薬品) : medical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies; drugs; pharmaceuticals; medicine
1 けん (県) : prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
1 うち (内) : 1. inside; within 2. while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of
1 ふくししせつ (福祉施設) : welfare institution; welfare facility
1 きふ (寄付) : contribution; donation