i have no idea where that hoop skirt has run off too but it is somewhere that's for sure
would never have thrown it out
wayyy too fun
would be really cool to see nostr:note1qewuaq7q44npg9046gdsy9f3pz49fpuu7ludt2swr45fxye9pwrqe7mhej
In architecture, a hongsalmun is a gate for entering a sacred place in Korea. Hongsalmun, also called hongjeonmun or hongmun, are usually erected to indicate Korean Confucian sites, such as shrines, tombs, & academies such as hyanggyo & seowon. The gate indicates entry to a sacred realm. nostr:note1e6q5afhja9xemqp7k9mgpfk0erkkz7v7kdku8uqen7jy2nm26l8sastcd6
The oldest existing stone torii was built in the 12th century & belongs to a Hachiman shrine in Yamagata Prefecture. The oldest existing wooden torii is a ryōbu torii (see description below) at Kubō Hachiman Shrine in Yamanashi Prefecture built in 1535.
A torii (Japanese: 鳥居, [to.ɾi.i]) is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred & a spot where kami are welcomed & thought to travel through nostr:note1m7zpc9g9u6gvrvak8k6lr7f080k5m9uhvmh8f0hhrrctt9ca7lsq77an5n
looks like stonehenge or a gateway
a doorway that has been unhinged
or was never hinged nostr:note1zymnakh65lssktq9vf62gqcwgz2spnxyvhzqect55kkevqr4kt4sejgl5t
Stonehenge (n.)
"celebrated stone circle on Salisbury Plain" [OED], early 12c., Stanenges, literally "stone gallows," perhaps so called from fancied resemblance to old-style gallows with two posts; from stone (n.) + second element related to hang (v.).
Some antiquarians suggest the notion may be of "supported in the air, that which hangs in the air" (compare henge-clif for Latin præruptum), in reference to the lintel stones, but the order of the elements and the inflection is against this.
The thing itself is from a time immemorial to the earliest Germanic writings. An ancient common name for it was the Giant's Dance. In Middle English a stonehenge also was a device for clamping stones together.
also from early 12c.
hang (v.)
a fusion of Old English hon "suspend" (transitive, class VII strong verb; past tense heng, past participle hangen), and Old English hangian "be suspended" (intransitive, weak, past tense hangode); also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja "suspend," & hanga "be suspended." All from Proto-Germanic *hanhan (transitive), *hanganan (intransitive) "to hang" (source also of Old Frisian hangia, Dutch hangen, German hängen), from PIE *konk- "to hang" (source also of Gothic hahan, Hittite gang- "to hang," Sanskrit sankate "wavers," Latin cunctari "to delay;" see also second element in Stonehenge).
late 14c., "movable joint of a gate or door," not found in Old English, cognate with Middle Dutch henghe "hook, handle," Middle Low German henge "hinge," from Proto-Germanic *hanhan (transitive), *hangen (intransitive), from PIE *konk- "to hang" (see hang (v.)).
The notion is the thing from which a door hangs. Figurative sense of "that on which events, etc., turn" is from c.1600. Stamp-collecting sense is from 1883.
also from late 14c.
hinge (v.)
c. 1600, "to bend," from hinge (n.). Meaning "turn on, depend" (figuratively) is from 1719. Related: Hinged; hinging. nostr:note1u2hpqtadtg62ts0h95pscyukkeetc0pmqy905zrzfu7fkepmkhjqmgpfl5
whatever it is, it has nothing to do with me