Manners and customs, folklore and ethnology Chugoku Kiko CKRM Vol. 35 / Chugoku Kiko CKRM Editor

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Manners and Customs, Folklore and Ethnology
[Introduction to the Contents]
In the area where the culture of the Edo era remains strong, you often encounter pieces of knowledge inherited from ancient Chinese, such as Confucianism, which was fused with the central thought of education in the past.
There are people who think that the Edo era was a period when people did not interact with foreign countries because the image of the so-called national isolation policy is strong. However, it does not mean that people did not interact with foreign countries except for the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
In the era when there were no airplanes, all the people who came to Japan from foreign countries came by ship.
To cross the ocean, knowledge of navigation is essential, but because you can't control the weather, sometimes unimaginable harsh conditions appeared and people lost their lives.
That is why sailors always need emotional support.
It is said that many ships that came to Japan from China enshrined a statue of the goddess Mazu.
Let's explore the Mazu belief, which is still inherited in modern Japan, from the viewpoint of the Chinese travel CKRM.