[沖繩] 陽春三月。之三。陶藝村。

March 28, 2007
Sunny Okinawa~


I think "Shisa" in Okinawa and "Fong-shi-ye" in Taiwan were
of the same origin. No matter where in Kingmen or Okinawa,
they were in two types of "Fong-shi-ye" as well as "Shisa".
The first type is the village guardian and used to stand
in front of the gate of a building or on the platform of a village.
(建物の門や屋根、村落の高台)
The second one is the roof guardian as the photo shown here

ps. "Fong-shi-ye" in Tainan were only the type of roof guardian.

沖繩的 Shisa 跟我們的風獅爺應該是同源吧！
不管是沖繩還是金門，都可以看到兩種類型。
第一種是鎮守村莊的村落風獅爺，
第二種則是相片拍的屋頂風獅爺。

ps. 台南好像只有屋頂風獅爺。




I also found another familiar scene in Okinawa.
It is "Stone dare take" in meaning with pronunciation like
"Shi-gan-Dang".（いしがんどう、いしがんとう）
We saw "Shi-gan-Dang" standing beside the road, especially
those roads of a T-shape or a three-way intersections were
thought dangerous.
It is said the culture of "Shi-gan-Dang" in Okinawa was of
China origin. (これは中国伝来の風習で、福建省が発祥と
されている)

I think long long long time ago, Fujian-Kingmen-Taiwan-Okinawa
were possibly bound to the same landmass and separated from
each other because of earthquake or landsliding, and finally had
the geography as we know now.
If not, how come they showed so many similarities and let me feel
as if I were in Taiwan!

另外，我在這裡還看到另一個熟悉的景物「石敢當」。
在臺灣，「石敢當」通常設立於公路旁。
特別是丁字或三叉路口，被認為是路沖處，或被稱為凶位的牆上，
用來辟邪的石碑。
沖繩的「石敢當」據說也是源自中國沿海的風俗文物。

我想很久很久以前，福建、金門、臺灣、沖繩，可能是同一塊陸地吧！
後來因為大陸板塊移動，才漸漸變成現在的地理位置～
不然怎麼會這麼像呢！
像到讓我這個第一次到訪的人，一直有在家的錯覺。




With background of blue sky decorated by clouds in white,
green trees standing by the house of roof tiles in red,
it is a must-be-taken picture of the pretty girls!
The smile faces are as bright as the brilliant sunshine.

趁著天光好，把女孩兒們集合起來，照個相是一定要的啦！
藍天白雲綠樹紅瓦為背景，
陽光般的笑容，充分傳達我們有多幸福～




Although I was suffering from sunstroke and felt dizzy...
When I looked at the paper flowers, a term came into my mind.
"Primary Colors"~
Aren't they? Red is red, Green is green, and Blue is blue!

(Do the paper flowers stand for the city flower of Naha?)

我覺得頭好暈ㄛ～好像有點兒暈車或中暑吧！　>_<
抬頭看著沖繩的九重葛，腦中閃過的辭彙是「原色」。
可不是！紅就是紅、綠就是綠、藍就是藍～

九重葛好像是那霸的市花。




In the parking lot outside the village, while waiting for all
participants to gather for return, I have my camera to take
the last shot of this village.
A street lamp stands alone on the square with all its majesty.

在村莊外的停車場，等待大家集合的時候，
順手又拍了這支有著「一柱擎天」之勢的美麗路燈。