Kanpeisha, a shrine status in ancient times, indicates that a shrine with the status recieves hohei (offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god) to be used in kinensai (a religious ceremony praying for a good harvest) from an officer in Jingikan directly (a shrine with the Kokuheisha status receives hohei from kokushi (provincial governors).
古代の神社の社格である「官幣社」は、祈年祭の奉幣を神祇官から直接受ける神社であることを意味する（国幣社は国司から受ける）。