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Many mountains like Mount Miwa or the Three Mountains of Kumano (Kumano sanzan) are considered shintai and are therefore called shintaizan (\u795e\u4f53\u5c71, shintai mountain).[4] The most widely known and renowned shintai is Mount Fuji.[5]A yokozuna, a wrestler at the top of sumo’s power pyramid, is a living shintai. For this reason, his waist is circled by a shimenawa, a sacred rope which protects sacred objects from evil spirits. A kannushi, that is, a Shinto priest, can become a living shintai when a kami enters his body during religious ceremonies.The founding of a new shrine requires the presence of either a pre-existing, naturally occurring shintai (for example a rock or waterfall housing a local kami), or of an artificial one, which must therefore be procured or made to the purpose. An example of the first case are the Nachi Falls, worshiped at Hiry\u016b Shrine near Kumano Nachi Taisha and believed to be inhabited by a kami called Hiry\u016b Gongen.[6]  In the second, the mitama (spirit) of a kami is divided in half through a process called kanj\u014d and one of the halves is then stored in a yorishiro. This is the process which has led to the creation of networks of shrines housing the same kami, as for example the Hachiman shrine, Inari shrine or Kumano shrine networks.Because over the years the shintai is wrapped in more and more layers of precious cloth and stored in more and more boxes without being ever inspected, its exact identity may become forgotten.[7]The first role of a shrine is to house and protect its shintai and the kami which inhabits it.[8] If a shrine has more than one building, the one containing the shintai is called honden; because it is meant for the exclusive use of the kami, it is always closed to the public and is not used for prayer or religious ceremonies. The shintai leaves the honden only during festivals (matsuri), when it is put in a “divine palanquin” (mikoshi, a term usually translated in English as “portable shrine”[9]), and carried around the streets among the faithful.[8] The portable shrine is used to physically protect the shintai and to hide it from sight.[8]Examples[edit]  An example of the importance of a sacred tree is the 700-year-old camphor growing in the middle of Kayashima Station. Locals protested against moving the tree when the railway station had to be expanded, so the station was built around it.[10]See also[edit]Citations[edit]^ a b c Shintai, Encyclopedia of Shinto^ Smyers, page 44^ Kami are as a rule not represented in anthropomorphic or physical terms, however numerous paintings and statues representing them have appeared under Buddhist influence.^ Ono, Woodard (2004:100)^ For details on Mount Fuji worship, see Fuji Shink\u014d, Encyclopedia of Shinto.^ Kamizaka, Jir\u014d. “Hiry\u016b Gongen” (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport – Kinki Regional Development Bureau. Retrieved 28 March 2010.^ Bocking, Brian (1997). A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. Routledge. ISBN\u00a0978-0-7007-1051-5.^ a b c Scheid, Bernhard. “Schreine” (in German). University of Vienna. Retrieved 27 March 2010..^ Progressive English-Japanese\/Japanese English Dictionary, 2008, Shogakukan^ “Japanese Train Station Protectively Built Around a 700-Year-Old Tree”. 27 January 2017.General and cited references[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/shintai-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Shintai – Wikipedia"}}]}]