式しき年ねん遷せん宮ぐう

noun

regular shrine rebuilding and transfer of the sacred object

A Shinto practice, most famously at Ise Grand Shrine, where the shrine buildings are rebuilt and the deity's object is moved on a fixed cycle (e.g., every 20 years).

• 伊い勢せ神じん宮ぐうの式しき年ねん遷せん宮ぐうは、二に十じゅう年ねんに一いち度ど行おこなわれる。

  The Shikinen Sengū at Ise Grand Shrine is performed once every twenty years.