Thank you for inviting me to talk with you today.
I’m talk about the legned of Anchin Kiyohime.
The legned of Anchin Kiyohime has been handed down inWakayama.
The contents is that Kiyohime, a girl who loved Anchin, a priest, was betrayed, and she got so angry that she changed into a snake,burning Anchin to death together with a bell at Dojo-ji Temple.
In around every July,”Kiyohime Festival”based on the legend of Anchin and Kiyohime is held at riverside area of Tonda River,where Kiyohime is said to have thrown herself away,and the scenes in which Kiyohime,who changed into a snake,breathed fire and others are reproduced.
Dojo-ji which became a stage of this legend is the oldest temple in Wkayama,and there is history for 1315 years.
In Dojo-ji,many