Andong Seoji-ri Village Guardian Shrine

A seonghwangdang is a place where a village's guardian deity is enshrined, usually made up of a pile of stones and a tree; it is also called a seonangdang. In Seoji-ri village, a low hillside pine forest contains a samcheopseok (three large stones stacked together), an icheopseok (made of two stones), a mogwanseok (a cap-shaped stone set on a natural rock), and a pile of small stones built up high — together regarded as a sacred place housing the communal deity to whom villagers pray for the peace of the village and freedom from illness and for long life. The samcheopseok and icheopseok are presumed to be Bronze Age remains; later, in keeping with pungsu (geomantic) principles, they were given the added function of supplementing a weak point in the village's terrain. Until recently, a Confucian-style village rite was held at the stone pile every year at jasi (11pm–1am) on the night of the full moon of the first lunar month. These remains, whose form has been well preserved to the present day, are an important example showing the continuity between prehistoric culture and the folk beliefs of later generations.

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Where it is

Region

Andong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산