Water receiving and running - Water receiving and running

Japanese: 受水走水 - うきんじゅはいんじゅ

...Other than these, although the timing is not fixed, there are events such as "Kaame", where people worship at the well, give thanks for the water and pray for good health, "Agari-mawari", where each group makes a pilgrimage to the eastern sacred places in the northern part of Okinawa Island, and "Nakijin-bai" to the northern mountains. "Ukinjuhainju", located on the coast of Hyakuna in Tamagusuku Village, is the first sacred place on the eastern route, and it is said that Amamikyo (the ancestor god) first cultivated rice with this water. [Rohei Kenji]
[Ryusou]
Nowadays, even in Okinawa, most people wear Western clothing.

From Tamaki Village

...There are many ruins and sacred sites from the Ryukyu Dynasty, and together with Chinen Village to the east, it is called the "Land of the Gods," and is a pilgrimage route called the "Agariumai." Pilgrimage sites include the sacred springs (Ukinju and Hainju), which are said to be the birthplace of rice cultivation, the sacred fields (Mifuuda), the ruins of Tamagusuku Castle, which is said to have been built by Amamikyo, the ruins of Minton Castle, where Amamikyo is said to have first lived, and the ruins of Itokazu Castle, which was built by the Aji of Itokazu in the first half of the 14th century. Along the Yuhi River is Gyokusendo, a large limestone cave discovered in 1967. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "receiving water and running water" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このほかに時期は不定だが，〈井泉詣（かーめー）〉といって井泉を拝み，水への感謝と健康祈願をする行事や，門中ごとに沖縄島北部の東方霊地を巡拝する〈東（あがり）回り〉や北山への〈今帰仁（なきじん）拝み〉といった行事もある。玉城村百名（ひやくな）の海岸にある〈受水走水（うきんじゆはいんじゆ）〉は東回りの第1の霊地で，この水でアマミキョ(始祖神)がはじめて稲作を行ったといわれている。【饒平名健爾】
［琉装］
　現在は沖縄でもおおかたの人々の衣生活は洋服である。…

【玉城[村]】より

…琉球王朝時代からの遺跡や聖地が多く，東の知念村とともに〈神の国〉とよばれ，〈東御回り(アガリウマーイ)〉という巡礼路になっている。稲作発祥伝説のある聖泉〈受水（うきんじゆ）･走水（はいんじゆ）〉と聖田〈御穂田（みふーだ）〉，アマミキョが築いたという玉城城跡，アマミキョが最初に住んだというミントン城跡，14世紀前半の糸数（いとかず）の按司（あじ）築城という糸数城跡(史)などがその巡礼地である。雄樋（ゆひ）川沿いには1967年発見の大鍾乳洞玉泉洞がある。…

※「受水走水」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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