@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social
2026-07-02 05:21 UTC
During Kikkōden foods from the sea and land were prepared, each offering connected to the other with threads in 5 colours. These threads were then attached to 7 gold and 7 silver needles.
It was customary to pray for the improvement of certain skills, such as weaving.
#Japan #七夕
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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 2026-07-02 05:32
It is thought that Kikkōden (imported from China) merged with a Japanese purification ceremony, held around this time, to create Tanabata. Priestesses would weave sacred cloth on a loom called a 'tanabata' (棚機), a prayer that the gods would protect the autumn harvest. #Japan