THE SACRED MIRROR.
The Sacred Mirror of Japan, ‘‘half as old as Time,” has been enshrined among the Imperial Tombs. It was taken there with every sign of reverence and every symbol of pageantry, for, though the Japanese are the most modern of nations, they are in their worship of the pas'- the most ancient of peoples. The Sun goddess was the divine Mother Eve of the Japanese people. Her mirror must always be kept bright and clean. It must be housed in a dwelling that matches it for unsullied cleanliness. Consequently every 20 years a new temple to contain the mirror is built of white wood. To the new shrine, gleaming white in a. grove of pine, trees, the mirror was taken from the old shrine where it had been housed. The two shrines are close to one another. Beacons were lit at sundown. The old shrine was consumed by fire, and next day pilgrims came by thousands to the new.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 June 1931, Page 20 (Supplement)
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