Ryukyu Shinto is a traditional religious belief of Ryukyu (Ryukyu Islands). Because it worships the Dragon Palace (ニラィカナィ) and the King of Yue, it is also called "Dragon Palace Belief" and "King of Yue Belief".
The core of Ryukyu Shinto is the belief in ancestral spirits, which is mixed with the belief in visiting gods, the belief in the East (the sun) and the belief in sister gods.
Other Worlds in Ryukyu Shinto There are two other worlds in Ryukyu Shinto: Dragon Palace (ニラィカナィ) and Paradise (ォボツカグ).
Dragon Palace, on the other side of the sea, is the source of earth's abundance and life. Its supreme god is the great Lord of the East. According to legend, after death, the soul will cross the Dragon Palace and become the patron saint of physical relatives. The patron saint regularly returns to his former residence to pray for the prosperity and peace of the world.
Heaven is in the sky, on the earth. Its highest god is the sun god (God of Heaven). The concept of heaven comes from the belief in the head of state and is a symbol of the divine right of kingship. After the demise of Ryukyu Kingdom, the belief in Heaven gradually declined.
There are two kinds of gods in Ryukyu Shinto: one is a visiting god and the other is a patron saint.
Visiting gods is inherent in the Dragon Palace and heaven, such as Amomum Ku and Chi Renli Ku, the great Lord of the East, the god of the sun, the hand of the monarch and the god of his sister.
Amomi Jiu (the works of ァマミキヨ, Amomi Gu (ァマミク)) and Chi Ren Lijiu (シネリキキ) From the sky, the Ryukyu Islands were established at the inspiration of the great sun god.
Your hand rubs God: From Dragon Palace. Whenever the king ascended the throne, the monarch would come to earth to pray for the king.
Sun God: The sun god and the Emperor of Heaven are the highest gods in the sky and the highest gods in Ryukyu Shinto.
In addition, according to the records in the first volume of Zhongshan Genealogy, there are other gods in Ryukyu, such as Junzhen, Ufu-Jin-Jia Jiuluo, Yilai-Hanoi God, Singapore Airlines God, Austrian official (wild god), Puxun God, Yueguan, Nagano official, Junzhen official (seven official affairs) in Hanoi, and Grains God, all of which visit the gods.
The patron saint is the ghost of Ryukyu people. According to Sun Yat-sen's World Mirror, Ryukyu people believe that after the death of the seventh grandson of the deceased, his bones will be buried in the "tomb of the gods" and his soul will be regarded as the patron saint. I hope that women will regard the tomb of God as an imperial temple and regularly offer sacrifices to the dead nearby.
Ryukyu people's belief in the oriental sun
Ryukyu people look at Jiu Hao Island from Yuyue Sanku in Zhaichang, and regard the East as the sacred place where the sun rises. Ryukyu people worship the sun very much, and every year they hold a religious activity called "Returning to the East Palace" to worship the sun god. Located in Jiu Hao Island, Yuyue Mountain is known as "the cave where the sun rises". Therefore, whenever the kingdom's highest wish girl hears that the great king has taken office, she should worship Jiu Hao Island in Yuyueyao in Zhai Changlin to show her respect for the sun god.
The king of Ryukyu Kingdom is also worshipped as the incarnation of the sun god. The king's throne in the main hall of Ryukyu Village faces east and west, not south. Ministers bow to the East in the early morning, just as they bow to the rising sun. This is the reason for the belief in the East.
Compared with the Eastern Sanctuary, the West is regarded as the land of death. There is a popular burial method in Ryukyu called wind burial. After death, their relatives left their bodies in caves or houses on the top of cliffs to let them weather. Three years later, their relatives washed their bones and buried them in coffins. The entrance to a house or cave used for wind burial must be in the west.
Sisterhood belief and the systematization of Ryukyu Shinto by Ryukyu court. Sister God (ぉなり) is the protector of Ryukyu men, and its belief originates from women and folk mediums.
In the minds of Ryukyu people, witches can only be held by women. The witches with higher rank are the priests and the daughters of Imperial Yue (); The lower witches are folk psychics (ユタ), who use witchcraft divination to cure diseases. In the early days, local wishing daughters were appointed by female close relatives (such as sisters, wives, etc.). Who controls this area? Over time, there is a belief in sister gods.
Various forces used Zhu Daughter to consolidate their rule or undermine the rule of hostile forces, posing a great threat to the imperial court. Shang Zhen's mother even used religious forces such as daughters to overthrow Shang Xuanwei's rule. Therefore, after King Shang Zhen ascended the throne, he pursued the policy of "consistent sacrifice and politics", stipulating that the daughters were appointed directly by the court. The post of aunt is held by relatives of the company; It is said that the position of the great king was held by a relative of the king. The king was deified and worshipped as the incarnation of the sun god. I wish my daughter a gradual progress to the class.
original text
ニラィカナィはゼやゼののにわゼ
Far East (the square corner of Tatsumi), the other side, the sea floor and underground.
でやのでぁり, でもぁる .にはニラィナ
Remember the compound words "のよぅに" and "ニカナィをった."
なぉ, Ryukyu ではのとしてをするどのとすざの.
ニラィカナィはえゼややゼゼのにぉ.
ニラィカナィはニラィカナィのにわ.カナィのには, をとるためのなとすのなと.ののがてられることがぁる.
The concept of the other mentioned in the previous paragraph is called "としてニラィカナィとぅが". "