鷽うそ替かえ

noun

bullfinch exchange ceremony

An annual event held at Tenmangu shrines, where participants exchange wooden bullfinch figurines (called 鷽) to symbolically replace lies with truth and bring good fortune.

See also: 天満宮

• 鷽うそ替かえは、毎まい年とし一いち月がつ二に十じゅう五ご日にちに太宰府天満宮だざいふてんまんぐうで行おこなわれる神しん事じです。

  The bullfinch exchange ceremony is a Shinto ritual held every year on January 25th at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine.

• 鷽うそ替かえで新あたらしい木き彫ぼりの鷽うそを手てに入いれた。

  I got a new wooden bullfinch figurine at the bullfinch exchange ceremony.