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Wakayama Membuka Jalur Perjalanan Ziarah Melalui Sungai

Mar 05 (News On Japan) - Layanan reguler untuk wisata perahu sungai di Sungai Kumano dan anak sungainya, Sungai Kitayama, dimulai pada hari Sabtu, dengan para wisatawan yang menjelajahi "Situs Suci dan Rute Ziarah di Pegunungan Kii," situs Warisan Dunia yang dikenal dengan rute ziarah Kumano Kodo, dan juga disebut sebagai "rute ziarah sungai."

Terletak di hutan lebat Pegunungan Kii yang menghadap ke Samudra Pasifik, tiga situs suci - Yoshino dan Omine, Kumano Sanzan, Koyasan - yang dihubungkan oleh rute ziarah ke ibu kota kuno Nara dan Kyoto, merefleksikan perpaduan antara agama Shinto yang berakar pada tradisi kuno pemujaan terhadap alam di Jepang, dengan agama Buddha, yang diperkenalkan dari Tiongkok dan Semenanjung Korea.

Situs-situs dan lanskap hutan di sekitarnya mencerminkan warisan tradisi pegunungan suci yang telah lestari dan terdokumentasi dengan baik selama lebih dari 1.200 tahun. Daerah ini, yang kaya akan aliran sungai, sungai, dan air terjun, masih memegang peranan penting dalam kehidupan budaya Jepang, sering kali dikunjungi untuk keperluan ritual dan pendakian, dengan jumlah pengunjung mencapai hingga 15 juta setiap tahunnya. Setiap dari ketiga situs tersebut memiliki kuil, beberapa di antaranya telah berdiri sejak abad ke-9.

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Source: Kyodo

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