<P> The shrine buildings at Naikū and Gekū , as well as the Uji Bridge , are rebuilt every 20 years as a part of the Shinto belief of the death and renewal of nature and the impermanence of all things and as a way of passing building techniques from one generation to the next . The twenty year renewal process is called the Sengu . In August , in a long - standing tradition , the people who live in Ise are allowed to enter the area around the Inner Sanctum of the Naiku as well as the Geku . Some villages drag a wooden carriage laden with white stones up the Isuzu River onto the grounds of the Naiku . Each participant gets two white stones in a white handkerchief and these allow them to place the stones in the area around the Inner Sanctum . Other villages drag a huge wooden car or Noburi Kuruma laden with white stones to the Uji bridge at the entrance of the grounds of the Naiku . Participants receive two white stones which are also placed in the sacred space around the Inner Sanctum . The entire tradition is called Shiraisshiki and it is very colourful with every participant wearing a ' happi ' coat representing a particular village . The rebuilding of the main shrine takes place on a site adjacent to the old , and each rebuilding alternates between the two sites . The next scheduled rebuilding of Naikū is due in 2033 on the lower , northern site . </P>
<P> The shrine buildings at Naikū and Gekū , as well as the Uji Bridge , are rebuilt every 20 years as a part of the Shinto belief of the death and renewal of nature and the impermanence of all things and as a way of passing building techniques from one generation to the next . The twenty year renewal process is called the Sengu . In August , in a long - standing tradition , the people who live in Ise are allowed to enter the area around the Inner Sanctum of the Naiku as well as the Geku . Some villages drag a wooden carriage laden with white stones up the Isuzu River onto the grounds of the Naiku . Each participant gets two white stones in a white handkerchief and these allow them to place the stones in the area around the Inner Sanctum . Other villages drag a huge wooden car or Noburi Kuruma laden with white stones to the Uji bridge at the entrance of the grounds of the Naiku . Participants receive two white stones which are also placed in the sacred space around the Inner Sanctum . The entire tradition is called Shiraisshiki and it is very colourful with every participant wearing a ' happi ' coat representing a particular village . The rebuilding of the main shrine takes place on a site adjacent to the old , and each rebuilding alternates between the two sites . The next scheduled rebuilding of Naikū is due in 2033 on the lower , northern site . </P>
why is the naiku ( inner ) shrine at ise rebuilt every twenty years
why is the naiku ( inner ) shrine at ise rebuilt every twenty years
as a part of the Shinto belief of the death and renewal of nature and the impermanence of all things and as a way of passing building techniques from one generation to the next
as a part of the Shinto belief of the death and renewal of nature and the impermanence of all things and as a way of passing building techniques from one generation to the next