大熊町勢要覧 -010/038page
人々の営み
人と風土が織りなす暮らしと心
昔、人々は囲炉裏を中心に暮らしていました。家族はここで食事をとり、夜なべをし、夜の更けるまで話をしました。子供たちが赤く燃える炎を見つめながら 祖父母の語る昔話に耳を傾けたのも、囲炉裏のまわりでした。
囲炉裏
Irori
(a sunken fireplace cut in the middle of the floor)PEOPLE'S LIVING
LIVING AND FEELING INTERWOVEN BY PEOPLE AND CLIMAT
People used to live sitting around the fire in the old days. Family members used to eat, work, and talk about many things, sitting here till late at night. It was also around the fire where children used to listen to old tales told by their grandparents.