Xīnnián de shíhou, hěnduō Rìběnrén huì qù shénshè qífú.
At New Year many Japanese people go to a shrine to pray for good fortune.
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A 神社 is a Shinto shrine, marked by a 鸟居 (torii) gate at its entrance; a Buddhist temple in Japan is a 寺 instead. In ancient China the word meant an altar to 社, the god of the soil.
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靖国神社Jìngguó Shénshè
Yasukuni Shrine
Tokyo shrine to Japan's war dead that also honors convicted war criminals; visits by Japanese leaders draw protests from China and South Korea.
