In festivals that celebrate feasting with gods, acts of welcoming gods or sending gods off with objects to which a spirit is drawn are set up, acts associated with Shinko-sai Festival, acts of offering food and alcohol to the gods, and naorai (feast) were often performed as shinji, and the most important shinji was the act of Shinto priests, shrine maidens, or children parading as tendo (gods disguised as children), consulting gods' will.
神を供応する形式の祭では、依り代を立てて神を迎える行為や送る行為、神幸祭に関する行為、神饌を献ずる行為や直会などを神事とすることが多く、最も重要な神事は神職や巫女、稚児などが神意を伺う行為であることが多い。