Nice places to the holiday with family
JONGMYO SHRINE
Jongmyo is a shrine housing the
spirit tablets of the former
kings and queens of the Joseon
Dynasty. The shrine is a
symbolic structure that conveys
the legitimacy of the royal
family, where the king visited
regularly to participate in the
ancestral rites to wish for the
safety and security of the
people and state. Jongmyo is
the oldest and most authentic
of the Confucian royal
ancestral shrines, with a
unique spatial layout that has
been preserved in its entirety.
It was originally built in the
late 14th century, but was
destroyed
during
the
Japanese invasion during the
16th century, and was rebuilt
in the early 17th century with
a few expansions made to the
buildings thereafter. Jongmyo
and its grounds occupy a 19.4
ha oval site. The buildings are
set in valleys and surrounded
by low hills, with artificial
additions built to reinforce
the site’s balance of natural
elements,. in accordance
With
traditional pungsu
principles. The main features of
Jongmyo are Jeongjeon (the
main
shrine),
and
Yeongnyeongjeon (the Hall of
Eternal Peace, an auxiliary
shrine). Other features include
Mangmyoru,
a
wooden
structure where the king
thought about the ancestral
kings in memory;