[album]japanese temples

[zaldor]

Another album from my trip in Japan last summer. This time, I chose to show the temples.
In most temples, you are not allowed to take pictures inside, that's why you only have the picture of the twin dragons from Kennin-ji (here they said "plz take pictures^^). The bronze sculptures inside are worth a sight though.
Enjoy !

[iliLIGHTili]

I tought they where called 'shrines' instead?

[zaldor]

actually, it depends on which you're talking about.
ending with "dera" or "ji" (kyomizu dera and Ginkaku-ji for exemple), these are Bouddhist "temples".
ending with "jinja" or "jingu" (meiji-jingu), these are Shinto "shrines".

But when I went to temples or shrines, I couldn't really make the difference (same purifiing bath at the entry). All I could tell is that in Shinto shrines, you pray after ringing a bell, and in temples, you pray in front of Buddhist deity's statue.

[PanMan]

i remember when i was little and went to one, i climbed on one :D and made it to the top~ that was about 4 years ago on haloween

[iliLIGHTili]

actually, it depends on which you're talking about.
ending with "dera" or "ji" (kyomizu dera and Ginkaku-ji for exemple), these are Bouddhist "temples".
ending with "jinja" or "jingu" (meiji-jingu), these are Shinto "shrines".

But when I went to temples or shrines, I couldn't really make the difference (same purifiing bath at the entry). All I could tell is that in Shinto shrines, you pray after ringing a bell, and in temples, you pray in front of Buddhist deity's statue.

Haha. I didn't know that there is a difference~

[PanMan]

Haha. I didn't know that there is a difference~

unlike english, languages like german, russian, arab, korean, chinese, and japanese have the word mix up, where if u sound the words even a tiny bits difference u'd get a totally different thing *-* i always hate that, but a funny coincidence is when JFK took a trip to germany and made a speech on the berlin wall, where he was supposed to say "We are berliner's in spirit" but instead he said "I'm a jelly donut" :D