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A temple of King Dongmyeong is also mentioned in the Goryeo Dogyeong, a book about the Goryeo dynasty written by a Chinese Song dynasty scholar. As the Goryeo dynasty existed within the Korean Peninsula, conclusions are that there was at least one temple, and probably more, dedicated to King Dongmyeong within the Korean Peninsula. [1]
Dongmyeong appointed Yuri as the crown prince of Goguryeo. [13] In September, Dongmyeong, at the age of 39, mounted a dragon and ascended into Heaven and did not come back, according to the Gwanggaeto Stele. With only his whip left behind, it was buried at Yongsan (or Yong Mountain; 용산; 龍山; lit. Dragon Mountain) in the place of his body.
The area around Dongmyeong's grave contains at least fifteen known tombs believed to belong to various vassal lords. The tomb has achieved World Heritage status as part of the Complex of Goguryeo Tombs inscribed by UNESCO in 2004 under Criteria (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) covering an area of 233 hectares (580 acres) with a buffer zone of 1,701 ...
Dongmyeong was worshiped well into the Goryeo period of Korea; Yi Kyu-bo said "Even unlettered country folk can tell the tale of King [Dongmyeong]." [14] Goguryeo was an authority unto itself. [6] It had an independent sphere of influence in Northeast Asia for more than 200 years around the 5th and 6th centuries. [15]
Dongmyeong: 동명성왕 (東明聖王), 동명왕 (東明王) Jumong 주몽 (朱蒙), Chumo 추모 (鄒牟), Sanghae 상해 (象解) 37-19 BCE 2: Yuri:
Proto–Three Kingdoms, c. 1 AD. The mythical founder of the Buyeo kingdom was Hae Mo-su, the Dongmyeong of Buyeo which literally means Holy King of Buyeo. After its foundation, the son of heaven (Hae Mo-su Korean: 해모수; Hanja: 解慕漱) brought the royal court to his new palace, and he was proclaimed to be King.
Kiringul (Korean: 기린굴; lit. Kirin's Grotto) is a cave in North Korea said to have been the home of the kirin (Qilin in Chinese), a mythical chimeric beast that was reputedly ridden by King Dongmyeong of Goguryeo in the 1st century BC.
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