遷せん宮ぐう祭さい

noun

transfer ceremony; shrine object relocation rite

A Shinto ceremony in which a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another, often as part of periodic rebuilding like the Ise Grand Shrine's 式年遷宮祭.

See also: 式年遷宮祭

• 伊い勢せ神じん宮ぐうでは二に十じゅう年ねんごとに遷せん宮ぐう祭さいが行おこなわれる。

  At Ise Grand Shrine, the transfer ceremony is held every twenty years.