<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishHekalu hilo lilijengwa katika karne ya 6 na lilikuwa takatifu sana hivi kwamba hadi wakati wa mabadiliko ya kifalme ya Meiji mwaka 1868 wanawake wajawazito na wagonjwa walipelekwa kwenye bara ili kuhakikisha kwamba hakuna kuzaliwa au vifo katika kisiwa hicho.  <response>: Founded as far back as the 6th century, the shrine is so sacred that, until the fresh wind of reforms instituted during the Meiji era beginning 1868, pregnant women and the seriously ill were carried to the mainland to ensure that no births or deaths would occur on the island. 