Ubulsan Mountain Sinsa Temple, Yangsan

This is the place recorded as 'Uhwa' in volume 32 of the Samguk sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms), where rain-prayer rites were held every spring and autumn. It is said that during the Japanese invasions of 1592–98, Japanese troops camped south of Ubulsan Mountain, but that night a divine wind arose and wiped them all out; and that when the shrine was demolished during the Japanese colonial period, a worker removing its roof tiles vomited blood and died, while the Japanese military policeman who had directed the demolition took his own life. According to other textual records, from the Silla period onward a rite was held every year in the second lunar month to pray for peace in the nation and the wellbeing of the people, and it is said to have been especially efficacious for bringing rain during droughts. The shrine building was constructed in 1623, the first year of King Injo of Joseon, and the shrine together with its ritual preparation hall (jaesil) was rebuilt in 1644, the twenty-second year of King Injo; it underwent several further repairs afterwards, and the building standing today was rebuilt again in 1918.

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Yangsan, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료