Do you know what Jiso means in Japanese culture?
Snowcrane66 asked:
It was puzzle for me and still lingering in my mind for a long while that there were tons of little stone made Jiso statues along the track where I went hiking down in a very rural lonely villiage in the southern Osaka. As I know that most Japanese don’t have any religion at all, but back in the ancient time they did have one and most were Buddism. And I was told that in the past by my Japanese teacher that there were not much food at that time and a lot of poor family they usually got rid of the youngest baby and buried them alive in order to save the food for the remaining family members to survive. My mainpoint question was that under those little stone Jizo statues were buried dead baby at that time? If not, what does that mean? If anyone who penetrates into Japanese culture and do know what it meant, plz tell me. Ans Thanx so much for your helping.
It was puzzle for me and still lingering in my mind for a long while that there were tons of little stone made Jiso statues along the track where I went hiking down in a very rural lonely villiage in the southern Osaka. As I know that most Japanese don’t have any religion at all, but back in the ancient time they did have one and most were Buddism. And I was told that in the past by my Japanese teacher that there were not much food at that time and a lot of poor family they usually got rid of the youngest baby and buried them alive in order to save the food for the remaining family members to survive. My mainpoint question was that under those little stone Jizo statues were buried dead baby at that time? If not, what does that mean? If anyone who penetrates into Japanese culture and do know what it meant, plz tell me. Ans Thanx so much for your helping.