haiden
Outer shrine hall
A haiden is the worship hall of a Shinto shrine, the building where visitors pray and make offerings.
It stands in front of the honden, the inner sanctuary where the deity resides.
Most shrine visitors interact only with the haiden, approaching to clap, bow, and offer coins: We rang the bell and prayed at the haiden.
architecture
Japanese animistic tradition
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- prayer hallSpace for collective worship
- toriiShinto shrine entrance
- vermillionVivid red-orange color
tatami · purification · kagura · cypress · pilgrimage · gable roof · lanterns · devotional
Shinto
Japanese animistic tradition
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- prayer hallSpace for collective worship
- toriiShinto shrine entrance
vermillion · tatami · purification · kagura · cypress · pilgrimage · gable roof · lanterns · devotional · Japan
prayer
Address to deity
- offeringSomething presented or given
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
bowing · clapping · purification · devotion · petition · gratitude · kami · coins · bell ringing · reverence
- Japanese religionShinto, kami, Shintoism, Buddhism, torii
- shrineswayside shrine, ancestral shrine, spirit house, jinja, forest shrine
- Shintokami, torii, jinja, shintai, kagura
- Ise ShrineAmaterasu, sun goddess, imperial regalia, torii, torii gate
- Shinto shrinestorii, torii gate, jinja, main hall, prayer hall
- Asian homestatami mats, shoji, tatami room, sliding doors, futon