Nagasaki

03/03/2015

孔子廟

石畳にランタンの灯りが滲む

Por Masayoshi Hirose

Community writer

The vermilion color differs from that of Japanese shrines. They are foreign, but look no less divine to me.

This was my third visit to this Temple of Confucius in Nagasaki

The dim light of lanterns reflected on the wet stone pavement

Once you step inside this sacred space an exotic atmosphere envelops you

You will see saints looming in the dark by candlelight

Smoke drifting up from long smoldering incense sticks

An impressive statue of a dragon...it appears to be actually moving!

Statues of 72 disciples of Confucius

Chinese fragrance fills the air

Everything around me was in vermilion...even my mind was perhaps tinged with vermilion

Probably this was what I wanted to find at Nagasaki Lantern Festival

２０１５年２月２１日長崎ランタン・フェスティバルを訪れた。新地中華街会場を巡り、人混みを後にして、オランダ通りを大浦天主堂へ向って歩いた。向う先は天主堂ではなく、次のフェスティバルの目的地、孔子廟だ！当初、この雨降りの天候が恨めしく思っていたが、孔子廟を訪れて一変した。雨が石畳みを濡らし、ランタンの灯りを滲ませる！幻想的な光景に魅入ってしまったのだ。長崎のランタン・フェスティバルを訪れるなら、是非、孔子廟の門をくぐって欲しい！私は強く勧めたい。

長崎ランタン・フェスティバル

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