Chapter 4-031 Religious Situation in Japan
"Host, do you have any plans for the future? Shiori Kitagawa asked.
Su Xue looked around and said lightly: "Hmm" "I'm not very familiar with the situation in Japan now, and I need to understand it further." For now, it's business as usual."
"Oh, this is the money I brought, you take it and use it first, and repair it well, replace it for what should be replaced, and repair it for what should be repaired. Now it's a bit dilapidated here, and we have a shrine. You also have to pay attention to your face, right?" Su Ze took out a check and handed it to Shiori Beihe.
"Ah, a million dollars," Shiori Kokitagawa took a look at it, and was taken aback, stunned by the many dumb people on it.
Su Ze said disapprerovingly: "Take it and use it first, it's not enough to talk about it Then, he said: "Oh, by the way, remember to contact a cleaning company again, they will do the usual cleaning, and you can concentrate on other things."
From a few days of contact, he can already see that this Shiori Kitagawa is a very diligent girl, and it can be seen from the cleanliness and tidiness of the shrine. To know. Although this shrine is only relative to other shrines, it will not be less than the square meter of persuasion, and there are so many buildings or something, so many things are all done by this girl who is not yet a year old.
In this day and age, there are very few girls who want to be so traditional. A lot of girls her age. It's not a house girl and a rotten girl, or it's a **, how can you have the heart to do housework. Again. Shiori Kitagawa's appearance is definitely a little beauty, and if she works in other industries, I'm afraid she will have a great future. But she is willing to work in this impoverished shrine, which is quite rare.
"Mmmmmm Shiori Kitagawa nodded excitedly.
She immediately took out a picture album and happily handed it to Su Ze. said: "Host, this is a design I made, how about you take a look?"
"Oh". Su Ze took a look. It turned out to be a shrine decoration design.,Although the materials are very simple but the style is quite good.,In addition, there are a lot of explanatory texts.,It looks quite professional.,It seems that this girl is attentive.。
Shiori Beihe looked at Su Ze with blank eyes, like a puppy: "In the past, we were very short of funds, so we never started.
What do you think" Well, I guess I did the math. It will cost about 40,000 yen to each other
"Well, just follow your plan. If you still have any ideas, you can use them, if the funds are insufficient, tell me again" Su Xue nodded, he is now rich, where is this little money in his eyes.
"Xiao Hao" I'll contact the merchant right away" Shiori Beihe saluted Su Xue and ran out happily.
After she went out, Su Zecai smiled and thought, "Hehe, my cheap uncle is really lucky." Actually picked up such a capable assistant, otherwise, the situation of this shrine may be even worse"
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Su chose these days. In addition to visiting a few nearby shrines. Most of the time is spent learning about the current religious situation.
This is for the sake of how to develop the Celestial Church in the future,
Although there are many religions in Japan today, there are not 10,000 churches of all sizes, but 8,000 churches. But it really counts. The vast majority still belong to the two systems of Shinto and Buddhism.
Shintoism, in particular, is deeply rooted in Japan. Shinto is further divided into shrine Shinto and sectarian Shinto. Like the Ovalce Shrine, a traditional shrine is the center of activity. It belongs to the shrine Shinto.
Almost every Japanese person visits a shrine, especially when they are born, married, or dies, even if they are followers of other religions, so almost everyone is considered a "clan" of a particular shrine
In this sense, mastered the Shinto of Shinto. It is equivalent to mastering the entire people. Therefore, before the war, the Japanese militarist authorities established the "National Shinto" with Shinto shrines as the main body, and ruled the minds of the people. After the end of World War II, in order to prevent the resurgence of militarism, the headquarters of the Allied forces occupying Japan issued a "Shinto Directive" to the Japanese government to abolish the national Shinto and implement the separation of government and religion.
In view of this, Shinto groups such as the Dai-Nippon Shinto Society and the Imperial Institute of Shinto jointly established the main office of the Ichijinja Shrine, a non-state-run religious corporation, on February 4 of the same year. It is based on the Ise Shrine, which is dedicated to the ancestral god of the Emperor, Amaterasu, as the main deity, and is based on the motto of "honoring the kindness of the gods, seeking the prosperity of the shrine, promoting Shinto, and promoting morality." For this purpose, there are branch shrine halls in each prefecture of the country.
By the end of February, it had been distributed throughout the country near the Taya shrines or groups, and the number of priests in the country accounted for about the total number of shrines in the country. Its legal representative is called. Overall. "The decision-making body is made up of the clergy and" the clan. That is, the executive body of the "Council of Councils" composed of elected representatives of believers is the Board of Directors.
On the other hand, Shinto was a new religion in the late Edo period, and the Meiji government's Ugo Sho Ikchi Pure Religion and other sects were called "Shinto", commonly known as the "Thirteen Shinto Sects". The characteristic of these sects is that almost all of them have clear doctrines and canons, as well as strict organization, and almost all have the word "teaching" on their names, indicating that they have a certain independence.
After the end of World War II, the original thirteen sects, except for some sects, withdrew and the rest formed the Shinto Federation as a religious order. Ah year, the branch sect to which the Shinto Federation belongs has reached the end of the "madness." At the end of the year. There are 10,000 followers in Shinto, and there are churches and other corporate bodies.
Although the number of adherents of the sect Shinto is far from being comparable to that of Shinto, it still occupies a certain position and has considerable influence in Japanese society.
In addition, there is a school called folk Shinto, but this school is not tightly organized, and the peasants themselves worship the gods of agriculture and roads. The "gods" worshipped are almost all mountain spirits and tree monsters. It is equivalent to obscenity in China. So it's not mainstream.
And then there's Buddhism.
For Japan, Buddhism is a foreign religion, but it is now completely localized. However, it has a very long history, and the development of feudal society in Japan has generally gone through two stages: the Nara period and the Heian period, and the Kamakura period, when new Buddhism was popular, and after the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration, it entered a low ebb, and gradually expanded after World War II.
Recently, there are about 80,000 monasteries or monasteries in Japan. There are tens of thousands of clergy, and they belong to various sects, and more than one of them belongs to the Buddhist Association of Japan and its subordinate sects and groups. The All Japan Buddhist Association is the only federation of Buddhist circles in Japan, with more than four subordinate groups.
There are nearly 100 million followers of Buddhism, including more than 10,000 people in the Tiantai sect and Shingon sect. More than 10,000 people, the Pure Land system is about 10,000 people, the Zen system is more than 10,000 people, and the Nichiren system is close to the blade. 10,000 people, the Nara Buddhist system is close to 10,000 people, and the Soka Gakkai is close to 10,000 people who are not members of the Soka Gakkai who are not members of the Buddhist Association of Japan.
And then there's the Christian system. The development of Christianity, an exotic religion, in Japan has been full of twists and turns. It has been brutally repressed and strongly supported. There seems to be a strong affinity among the Japanese people for this religion, as evidenced by the growing number of young people who are willing to have their weddings in Christian churches.
However, there has been no increase in the number of believers who have formally accepted the heart dagger into Christianity.
The largest of the members of the Japan Christian Federation is the Central Catholic Council. The Council of Churches in Japan is primarily a Protestant national organization with official or quasi-formal members, the largest of which is the "Japanese Christian Church" and followed by the Japanese Anglican Church.
At present, the total number of Christians is about 10,000, which is far from being comparable with the first two.
In addition to these three traditional religions, there is also the so-called emerging religion, which, according to Su Ze, is a cult.
The term "emerging religion" refers to religions other than Shinto, Buddhism, and Christianity. Some of these religions have a relatively long history, but many of them were founded after modern times, especially after World War II, so some people call them "new religions". These religious groups joined forces to form a nationwide organization, the New Japan Federation of Religious Organizations, and was approved by the government as a foundation on March of the same year. This federation is referred to as the "Shinkoryan", which represents the "new religion" and together with the Shinto shrine main office, the Shinto Federation, the All Japan Buddhist Association, and the Japan Christian Federation, it forms the Japan Religious Alliance, a representative organization of Japan's religious circles.
"New Zonglian. The mission is "freedom of religion, religious cooperation, separation of church and state, and the belief of all citizensAt present, there are a number of members of the New Sect Federation, and the Aum Women's Religion was also a full member of it.
However, it should be pointed out that this membership is only a large one. Like those with less than 1,000 adherents." "I'm not qualified to join yet, but these mini-churches are the most numerous, at least in the thousands.
Religious situations like Japan are not seen anywhere in the world, and the earth is unique!
What Su Ze is paying the most attention to now, in addition to Shintoism, is the situation of this emerging religion. In fact, this emerging religion is not only "original. There are also many brands that use traditional religions. In the eyes of Su Ze's standards, these organizations are basically "cults." ”
Since the church of the great god of the priesthood in Japan is small, let's use the name of a new religion.
Even Asahara can make a huge battle, isn't it possible for the great god to be ordered?
Isn't that reasonable?
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