...It is said that moxibustion during the Doyo season has medicinal properties. Many places hold hot spring festivals, and it is said that taking a bath on the day of the Ox is worth a thousand days of bathing. In addition, in the Minamata area of Kumamoto Prefecture, people are taboo from working with soil, and in the Sanjo area of Niigata Prefecture, they collect horse blood in a practice known as Doyo-chi.... *Some of the terms that refer to "Hot Spring Festival" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…土用の灸治は薬効があるともいう。温泉祭をする所も多く,丑の日のふろは千日の入浴に価するなどともいう。その他,熊本県水俣市地方では土いじりを忌み,新潟県三条市地方では土用血といって馬の血取りをしたという。… ※「温泉祭」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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