- The shrine is the site of the royal memorial service, called Jongmyo Jaerye, a national event that has been passed down since the Three Kingdoms period.
- When it was built in 1394 at the order of King Taejo, the Jongmyo Shrine was thought to be one of the longest buildings in Asia, if not the longest.
- Jongmyo is the supreme state shrine where the royal ancestral tablets of deceased kings and queens are enshrined and sacrificial rites are performed for them.
- Construction and management of Jongmyo, and the operations of Jongmyo Jerye rituals, are all meticulously recorded in the royal protocols of the Joseon Dynasty.
- Jongmyo Shrine is the royal ancestral shrine of the Joseon Dynasty. ... The spirit tablets of kings and queens were kept at Jongmyo Shrine as well.
- Jongmyo Mabedi hem Changdeokgung hem de Changgyeongung Saraylarının hemen güneyinde yer alır, bu nedenle onları ziyaret ederken birleştirmek kolaydır.
- Jongmyo Jerye (종묘제례). This is a wonderful opportunity to see a traditional ancestral rite carried out with ritual music and dance performances.
- So what does the Jongmyo Shrine have to do with Confucianism? Well, one of the Confucian beliefs is that your body and your spirit separate when you die.
- There is a story that the portrait blew into the grounds of Jongmyo as it was being constructed and that it was taken to be an omen.
- The construction lasted for less than a year and Jongmyo Shrine was completed in September 1395. Jongmyo Shrine was one of the longest buildings in Asia.
