[UNESCO] Jongmyo Shrine, South Korea
- by Kiljae Lee
- 2018-10-14
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Jongmyo is the oldest and most authentic of the Confucian royal shrines in Korea.
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The king visited regularly to participate in the ancestral rites.
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Members of the former royal family studied here.
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Traditions of ancestral worship rites – Jongmyo Jerye, are still carried out.
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The shrine was built in 14th century, destroyed by Japanese in 16th and was rebuilt in 17th.
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