The Hikiyama Matsuri Festival held at Nagahama every April (every October, in old days) was said to begin from the time when people were given congratulatory gold sands from Hideyoshi, who was glad to having a boy, and made a float and showed it at the festival of Nagahama Hachimangu Shrine.
長浜で毎年4月（昔は10月）に行われる曳山祭は、秀吉に男の子が生まれ、そのことに喜んだ秀吉からお祝いの砂金を贈られた町民は、山車を作り、長浜八幡宮の祭礼に曳き回しことが、始まりと伝えられている。