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東京出初式 - 火消 New Year firefighters' event

In Jan 6, 2012 in Tokyo has the New Year firefighters' event （出初め式） which started by the firemen (火消）of Edo...all the house of Edo was built by wood...so firemen were very respected by Edo people...they protected the treasure of the people...this year the firefighters's event has drainage and rescue demonstration, sang the Edo famous Labour song (木遣り歌) and perform ladder-top stunts (梯子乗り) which only can does by strong and single man cos it is dangerous and takes a long time to practice...oh yeah...there is not ひ (hi) team in firemen cos Japanese always pronounce ひ like し...to avoid mistake so no ひ firemen team ^_~

每 年初東京消防團都有 新年出初式(如中國人的開工大吉) , 今年在一月六日。出初式是為記念江戶消防員 (日：火消) 也為消防員祈福。江戶人全住木屋，所以 火消 是很受尊重的工作。出初式 會有放水，滅火及救援示範，又會一齊唱 勞工歌(木遣り歌) 及表演 乘梯子(梯子乗り) ﹣ 多由強壯及獨身的男士擔任，因有一定的危險及需要很多體力及練習。原來消防隊中沒有ひ (hi)隊, 因日本人發 ひ音同し音很接近，為免出錯就不用ひ ^_~


江戸の華！東京出初式の起源は江戸時代の火消から
http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~fireschool2/d-E1-01-3.html

大江戸ミステリー　日本橋誕生の秘密
http://www.tbs.co.jp/f-hakken/mystery1216_2.html

木遣り歌
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpCqwb3Zixg

圖是在表演 梯子乗り ﹣膝八艘
江戶火消 - 日本語