Haguro-san, Dewa Sanzan - Yamagata - 羽黒山 - 4K Ultra HD
Dewa Sanzan (出羽三山) which literally means: the three mountains of Dewa, are sacred mountains in Yamagata Prefecture, each with a shrine on or near its peak including Haguro-San representing birth, Gas-san representing death and Yudono-san representing rebirth.
At the center of Dewa Sanzan worship, you will find the Shugendo religion based on mountain worshiping blending both Buddhism and Shinto traditions. Shugendo practitioners are called Yamabushi where feats of endurance are parts of their worshiping.
Unlike other temples of Dewa Sanzan, the Haguro-san top temple is accessible by car and as such it’s not only the first visited temple of them all but also the most popular! However, to appreciate the beauty of Haguro-san, it is advised, like we did, to climb the 2446 stairs to arrive on top of the mountain and enjoy the 33 figures carved into the stone steps. There enjoy the magnificent five-storied pagoda, erected in 937, located at the base of the mountain and hidden in a dense forest.
Haguro-san's main shrine holds the deities from all three Dewa Sanzan shrines, making it the most important of them all. Sanjin Gosaiden, the main building, features the thickest thatched roof in Japan with, according to the temple owners, a thickness of over two meters!
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Dewa Sanzan (出羽三山), qui signifie littéralement “les trois montagnes sacrées de Dewa, sont bel et bien trois montagnes sacrées de la préfecture de Yamagata. Chacune d’elle est accompagnée d’un sanctuaire au sommet, ou tout près, qui sont Haguro-san représentant la naissance, Gas-san pour la mort, et Yudono-san évoquant la re-naissance.
Le culte gravitant autour de Dewa Sanzan provient de la religion Shugendo, un culte propre aux montagnes, unissant les traditions Bouddhistes et Shinto. Les pratiquants du Shugendo, les Yamabushi, sont en quête de l’exploit et de l’endurance.
Contrairement au temple de Dewa Sanzan, le temple de Haguro-san est accessible en voiture est est le plus visité et le plus populaire! Cependant, afin d'apprécier la beauté de Haguro-san, il est conseillé, comme nous l’avons nous-même fait, de grimper les 2446 marches pour se rendre au sommet tout en profitant des 33 statues gravées dans la roche ainsi que la magnifique pagode de 5 étages érigée en 937, et située à la base de la montagne dissimulant une forêt dense.
Le sanctuaire principal de Haguro-san possède les divinités des trois sanctuaires de Dewa Sanzan, ce qui le rend plus important que les autres. Sanjin Gosaiden, la bâtiment principal, a le toit de chaume le plus épais du Japon, une épaisseur de 2 mètres d'après les propriétaires du temple!
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Autumn Peak pilgrimage of the Yamabushi priests to the sacred Mount Haguro in Tsuruoka, Japan
Autumn Peak pilgrimage of the Yamabushi priests to the sacred Mount Haguro in Tsuruoka, Japan.
Every year hundreds of Yamabushi mountain priests enter the sacred Mount Haguro for an Autumn Peak pilgrimage to worship their deities on over 2446 steps.
The shrine approach, is lined with ancient cedar trees dating back 350 to 500 years.
The yamabushi dress in checked ‘haori’ coats and are armed with a staff and a conch shell used for sounding their horn.
The mysterious sound of a conch shell, masterly blown by the priests, announces their passing.
Mt. Haguro is considered sacred by followers of Shugendo, an ancient Japanese tradition of mountain worship whose practitioners are commonly known as yamabushi (“those who lie in the mountains”).
They climb the 2446 steps to the shrine Sanjin Gosaiden, the largest wooden building with a thatched roof in Japan, a two-starred treasure that is featured in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
Since the sixth century, mountain ascetics have roamed the three sacred mountains collectively known as Dewa Sanzan: Haguro-san, believed to represent birth, Gassan, said to represent death, and Yudono-san, believed to represent rebirth.
Magical Japanese Yamabushi ascetics Interview
This is a segment of a video report with the interview of Mr. Shuetsu Ito, an authentic Yamagata Yamabushi. Discovery with the magical and mysterious Japanese Yamabushi ascetics of Yamagata, Japan -Foreign Press Center Japan October 2009-
Japan Yamagata region holy mountains with a long tradition of nature worship.
Among beautiful mountains in Japan Yamagata region is Dewa-sanzan, the three mountains of Dewa, (Gassan, Hagurosan, and Yudonosan) worshiped as sacred mountains. In ancient times Japanese people lived close to nature, thanked nature for its gifts, and nurtured worship of nature in their minds, related to the animism religion at the origin.
Dewa-sanzan has the tradition of Shugendo, mountain asceticism, and mountain worship, with its origins dating as far as 1400 years ago. The Shugendo is an ancient Japanese religion in which nature is worshiped as a God. In the Heian period (794-1185) when Buddhist and Shinto beliefs intermingled, the three mountains were used as a place of learning for plural religions including the Yamabushi, mountain ascetics.
The faith that draws people to the three mountains reached its peak in the Edo period (1603-1867). People had no vacations but they enjoyed journeying into the nature and visit Japanese Temples and Shrines, Priest Shokai Miyano said in a lecture. His teachings are said to be more efficient to put your life back in order than any psychoanalyst or any Dr. Prozac.
Explanations and places to visit:
Dewa sanzan - Hagurosan (Tsuruoka City)
-Three holy mountains symbolize a long tradition of nature worship -
Dewa-sanzan, the three mountains of Dewa, is the collective name for Gassan, Hagurosan, and Yudonosan, mountains that are regarded as sacred. In ancient times people believed that ancestral spirits lived in mountains and gave water to protect them they lived in nature with a feeling of awe.
Places to visit in Hagurosan:
- Haraigawa River and Suga-no-taki waterfall
Flowing down from Gassan, the Haraigawa River with a red lacquered bridge was used as the pure water where pilgrims to the three mountains bathed before climbing the mountains.
- Five-story pagoda designated as a National Treasure
Built in the Heian period, about 1000 years ago (some time in the 920s), on the orders of Masakado Taira, then rebuilt about 600 years ago, the pagoda still stands gracefully in the midst of cedar trees.
- Jiji-sugi, the old man cedar
Standing next to the five-story pagoda, this old cedar is said to be 1000 years old and is designated as a national natural treasure.
- Sanjin gosaiden, or the worship hall to the three gods at the summit of Hagurosan
With the striking thatched roof, 28 meter high and 2.1 meters thick, and a splendid red-lacquered structure that remains a characteristic of the age when Buddhist and Shinto beliefs intermingled, the shrine jointly enshrines the three gods of Gassan, Hagurosan, and Yudonosan. The pond in front of the shrine, called kagami ike, or mirror pond, has been revered as a holy pond from ancient times, the center of the faith. Many copper mirrors that people threw in as offerings in the Heian, Kamakura, and Edo period, were discovered in the pond.
- Saikan, a pilgrims lodge
Keeping the traditional style of vegetarian cuisine in Hagurosan, the lodge serves meals with ingredients including mountain vegetables and bamboo harvested at the foot of the three mountains of Dewa. It still respects the old way of seasoning. This kind of food was served to Matsuo Basho, the famous poet of the Edo period, when he came to visit the Saikan on his famous trip to northern Japan, Oku-no-Hosomichi.
- Pilgrimage road lined with Japanese cedar trees, sugi
Both sides of the 1.7-km pilgrimage road to the summit are lined with ancient cedar trees and the long stone staircase has 2,446 steps in tota!! You feel the crisp air and mysterious atmosphere in total silence. A famous French travel guide book, MICHELIN Green Guide Japon has awarded the road its highest ranking of three stars.
We did the trip with our Yamabushi guide and it was extraordinary experience of an other Japan, elevating mind and spirit and body. More physical personal journey than a session of Zen Buddhism: It should be a must doing while visiting Japan, a long time resident foreign correspondent journalist says! Report organized by The Foreign Press Center of Japan (FPCJ) Ms. Koizumi and Yoshida in cooperation with Yamagata Prefecture and Yamagata University.
Shugendo. Yamabuhis praying in Dewa Sanzan...
Yamabushis, at the Sanjin Gosaiden, the main shrine on the top of the Dewa Sanzan mountains, in the festival of fire, ou Hassaku Matsuri, 31 August 2010
Yamagata-sendai EP.5/9 เยือนภูเขาฮากุโระ (Mt.Haguro) กับเจดีย์ไม้เก่า 5 ชั้น
ภูเขาฮากุโระ (Mt.Haguro) เพื่อไปเยือนเจดีย์ 5 ชั้น สูง 30 เมตร ได้ขึ้นทะเบียนว่าเป็นสมบัติล้ำค่าของชาติ เป็นเจดีย์เก่าแก่สร้างขึ้นมาเมื่อ 2000 ปีที่แล้ว ที่นี่เป็นเจดีย์ 1 ใน 9 องค์ที่หลงเหลืออยู่ในประเทศญี่ปุ่น มีลักษณะแตกต่างจากที่อื่น คือหลังคาทั้ง 5 ชั้นทำจากเปลือกไม้จากต้นลูกพลับ และจากเจดีย์ 5 ชั้น ขึ้นบันไดไปอีก 2446 ขั้น ใช้เวลาประมาณ 2 ชม. จะถึงศาลเจ้า Sanjin Gosaiden ซึ่งเป็นศาลเจ้าหลักของหุบเขา Haguro ซึ่งศาลเจ้าแห่งนี้จะมีเอกลักษณ์ คือ หลังคามุงด้วยฟาง ซึ่งภายในรวมเทพของทั้ง 3 ภูเขาแห่งเทือกเขา Maguro ไว้ที่นี่ เพื่อให้คนที่มาสักการะเทพ สามารถมาสักการะได้ครบทั้ง 3 องค์ และมาได้ทุกฤดู Mt.Haguro เป็น 1 ในภูเขาศักดิ์สิทธิ์แห่งเทือกเขา Maguro ซึ่งมีทั้งหมด 3 ลูก ได้แก่ Mt.Haguro, Mt. Gassan และ Mt.Yudano ตั้งอยู่ในเมือง Tsuruoka จังหวัด Yamagata
การเดินทางมี 3 วิธี คือ
1. โดยรถไฟ จากสถานี Tokyo มาลงที่ Niigata ต่อรถไฟมายังสถานี Tsuruoka ใข้เวลาประมาณ 4 ชม.
2. โดยรถบัส จากสถานี Tsuruoka มาลงที่ป้ายรถบัสตรงประตูทางเข้า Zuishin Mon ใข้เวลาประมาณ 30 นาที
3. โดยรถยนต์ จากสถานี Yamagata city ไปยัง Mt. Haguro ใช้เวลาประมาณ 1.5 ชม.
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