• 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.
  • Jongmyo Mabedi hem Changdeokgung hem de Changgyeongung Saraylarının hemen güneyinde yer alır, bu nedenle onları ziyaret ederken birleştirmek kolaydır.
  • 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.
  • The Jongmyo Shrine is one of the most unique things to see in Seoul because it features the spirit tablets of the deceased kings and queens of South Korea.
  • 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.
  • Jongmyo is a Korean styled Confucian royal ancestral shrine in Seoul of South Korea, designated as UNESCO World Heritage in 1995.
  • Only Korea has preserved its royal shrine and continues to perform royal ancestral rites known as Jongmyo Jerye and Jongmyo Jeryeak.
  • Jongmyo is a royal shrine dedicated to the performance of ancestral rites for the deceased kings and queens of the Joseon Dynasty.
  • 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 Jongmyo system was brought to Korea from China by the Silla kingdom. The first Jongmyo temple was built in 1394 by King Taejo of Joseon.