Chinkon-sai Festival also means a ceremony to enhance the soul of an emperor who is going to conduct a significant festival called Niiname-sai Festival (which means "the Harvest Festival," and the emperor's first Niiname-sai Festival is specially referred to as Daijo-sai Festival).
また、新嘗祭（または大嘗祭）という重大な祭事に臨む天皇の霊を強化する祭でもある。