Yangyang Donghaesin Epitaph Tablet

Donghaesin Shrine, in Yangyang, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, was a place where the state held sacrificial rites to the spirit of the East Sea (Donghaesin), praying for abundant harvests and catches and for the peace of the village. Korea has long offered sacrifices to mountains, rivers and the sea to pray for abundance and peace. The exact date of its founding is unknown, but it already appears in the Goryeosa, showing that it existed in the Goryeo period, and it seems to have been established as a site for state sacrifice in the early Joseon period. To the northwest are bamboo groves and pine woods, and to the west the site borders private houses; the south and east are used as fields. On the raised ground stands a newly built main hall, which was abolished during the Japanese colonial period and rebuilt in 1993. To its northwest stands the Stele Recording the Reconstruction of Yangyang Donghaesin Shrine, whose inscription was composed in 1800, the 24th year of King Jeongjo, by the provincial governor Nam Gong-cheol. Donghaesin Shrine holds historical value as a site where, from the early Joseon period, the state organised and administered its sacrificial rites together with those of the West Sea and South Sea shrines.

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Where it is

Region

Yangyang, Gangwon

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물