Sibijangsindang Hall in Danggok-ri, Yeongdong

This is a type of village shrine (dongjedang) enshrining portraits of the Twelve Generals from the Chinese Romance of the Three Kingdoms and a painting of General Guan Yu's red horse, Jeokto. Because General Guan Yu is worshipped among the generals as the principal deity, the shrine is also called "Gwanu Sindang" (Guan Yu Shrine) or "Gwanwangmyo" (Shrine of King Guan). It originally stood in the mountains of Goja-ri, Sangchon-myeon, but it is said that General Guan Yu appeared in the county magistrate's dream and expressed a wish to be moved to Gogok-ri; the shrine was relocated accordingly, and the place name was changed to "Danggok", meaning "valley with a shrine". The building is a wooden, tile-roofed structure comprising a floor area (maru) two bays wide and one bay deep together with a shrine room (sindang) housing the paintings; seen from the side, it has a gable roof whose roofline resembles the shape of the Chinese character 人 ("person"). To the right of the main building stands a small one-bay-square annexe, where the painting of the red horse is hung. The exact date of construction is unknown, but since shrines to King Guan began to appear throughout the country after the Japanese invasions of 1592-98, it is thought to have been built around that time. The shrine combines the Gwanwangmyo faith venerating General Guan Yu with a horse cult that deifies the horse, and is a fine example of folk belief that developed from mythological roots. Rites to the general-deity were formerly conducted by the government office, but since the shrine's relocation to Danggok-ri villagers have performed the rites themselves in Confucian style every year on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.

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Where it is

Region

Yeongdong, Chungbuk

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산