Stone Guardian Posts of Bangchon-ri, Jangheung

The stone jangseung guardian posts of Bangchon-ri, Jangheung, are two guardian posts standing on either side of National Route 23 between Gwansan-eup and Bangchon. One account holds that they were erected as castle-gate guardian posts at the end of the Goryeo dynasty, while another holds that they were set up in the late Joseon period (17th–18th century) to ward off a smallpox epidemic that had broken out at the time. The Bangchon-ri stone guardian posts still function today as guardians of the village, worshipped every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as the deities of Byeolsinje, the village's communal shamanistic ritual, giving them historical and academic value.

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Where it is

Region

Jangheung, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

National Folklore Heritage · 국가민속문화유산