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The seonangdang (Korean: 서낭당), also known as the seonghwangdang (성황당; 城隍堂) are stone cairns or trees that are considered holy and are dedicated to the deity Seonangshin, the patron of villages. The seonangdang are common in mountainous settlements of the Korean Peninsula.
A cairn marking a mountain summit in Graubünden, Switzerland. The biggest cairn in Ireland, Maeve's Cairn on Knocknarea. A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word cairn comes from the Scottish Gaelic: càrn [ˈkʰaːrˠn̪ˠ] (plural càirn [ˈkʰaːrˠɲ]). [1]
Daereungwon (Korean: 대릉원; Hanja: 大陵園) is a complex of Silla-era tumuli tombs in Gyeongju, South Korea. [1] [2] Since 2011, it has been a designated Historic Site of South Korea. [2] [3] The site is now a popular tourist attraction; in 2023 it was reported that it had around 1 million visitors on average per year. [4]
Um Hong-gil's team removed Park's body from the summit route, bringing it to 8,600m where they built a cairn over the body, covering it with stones. [8] In 2015, Park Moo-taek's story was featured in The Himalayas, a South Korean film is based on the life of South Korean climber Um Hong-gil. In the film, Park Moo-Taek was portrayed by Jung Woo. [5]
A cairn, which is a mound of stones built for various purposes, may also originally have been a tumulus. Tumuli are often categorised according to their external apparent shape. In this respect, a long barrow is a long tumulus, usually constructed on top of several burials , such as passage graves .
Korea (Korean: 한국; RR: Hanguk in South Korea, or Korean: 조선; MR: Chosŏn in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (한반도; 韓半島; Hanbando in South Korea, or 조선반도; 朝鮮半島; Chosŏnbando in North Korea and among some in the Korean diaspora), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.
Korea has traditionally been divided into a number of unofficial regions that reflect historical, geographical, and dialect boundaries within the peninsula. [1] Many of the names in the list below overlap or are obsolete today, with Honam, Yeongdong, Yeongnam, and the modern term Sudogwon being the only ones in wide use.
Korean dolmens can also be divided into three main types: the table type, the go-table type and the unsupported capstone type. [5] The dolmen in Ganghwa is a northern-type, table-shaped dolmen and is the biggest stone of this kind in South Korea, measuring 2.6 by 7.1 by 5.5 m (8.5 by 23.3 by 18.0 ft). [ 6 ]