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Jongmyo Shrine

Royal Confucian ancestral shrine of the Joseon dynasty in Seoul, where the spirit tablets of kings and queens are kept. Its main hall, Jeongjeon, was counted among the longest buildings in Asia, and the jongmyo jerye rite with court music and dance is still performed there each year.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1394 CE mainstream
  main shrine buildings built at King Taejo's order as the capital moved to Hanyang source
• 1592 CE mainstream
  burned by Japanese invaders during the Imjin War; the spirit tablets were hidden and saved source
• 1608 CE disputed
  shrine rebuilt, completed after Gwanghaegun's accession (English sources also give 1601) source
• 1995 CE mainstream
  inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site source

Where

37.5747° N, 126.9936° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jongmyo
• https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%98

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