This vibrant festival, held twice a year at the Kiyomizu-dera temple, showcases a captivating procession led by an 18-meter Blue Dragon. With performers in exquisite costumes and a mesmerizing dragon dance, the festival offers a feast for the senses. Visitors can also receive a special blessing at the temple, adding a spiritual element to the ...

2014年3月10日 · In Kiyomizu dera, a famous temple in Higashiyama, a blue dragon appears to welcome the season. The Seiryu-e festival is held every spring and early autumn since 2000. This dancing blue dragon marches from Okuno-in to the cobbled streets surrounding Kiyomizu-dera.

2023年6月23日 · The Seiryū-e Festival, a relatively new event first held in 2000, has quickly become a popular attraction in Kyoto, Japan. The festival is dedicated to Seiryū, or the Blue Dragon, one of the four divine god-beasts believed to …

The Seiryū-e (Blue Dragon Festival) was created to honor Seiryū, one of four divine god-beasts said to guard Kyoto’s borders against encroaching misfortune and disaster.

At this event, with a 18-meter long figure of the blue dragon leading the way, a wide variety of performers adorned with gorgeous costumes parade through the grounds and the temple town, praying for regional peace and expelling bad luck.

This festival at the beautiful Kiyomizu-dera Temple features a colorful dance procession through the neighborhood of the “Blue Dragon” (it’s a green dragon, but green is often called blue in Japanese). The dragon is said to drink the water from the Otowa waterfall which is beneath the main hall of the temple.

2020年9月10日 · Seiryue, or “The ritual of the blue dragon,” is a mobile ritual held in Kiyomizu-dera temple. The temple enshrines Senju Kannon. She is well known as the shape-shifting Deity of mercy. In Kiyomizu-dera, she transforms into a blue dragon. Take a look at the picture above. Over the roof of the temple, there is a beam of blue light.

2022年8月26日 · The only exception that he makes and according to legend, the blue dragon leaves the temple every evening to drink at the Otowa-no-taki waterfall at the foot of the temple. This ceremony takes place several times a year, in spring and late summer when Seiryu dances and walks through the streets of Higashiyama (March 14-15/April 3/September 14-15)

2014年3月15日 · Seiryu-e is a festival held in Spring and Autumn at Kiyomizudera temple in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto. It’s the festival of the blue dragon that is said to drink from the waterfall at the temple. The festival is based on a legend that says that Kyoto is protected on all sides by 4 Gods from the beginning of time.

2014年3月10日 · In Kiyomizu dera, a famous temple in Higashiyama, a blue dragon appears to welcome the season. The Seiryu-e festival is held every spring and early autumn since 2000. This dancing blue dragon marches from Okuno-in to the cobbled streets surrounding Kiyomizu-dera.