A procession to mark the return of ancestral tablets from the royal courts of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) and the Korean ...

A ritual (goyujae) is held at Seoul's Jongmyo Jeongjeon Hall on April 20, 2025, as the hall opens to the public for the first ...

Jongmyo Jeonjeon, the main hall of the royal shrine of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), where ancestral tablets of its kings ...

The shrine is a symbolic structure that conveys the legitimacy of the royal family, where the king visited regularly to participate in the ancestral rites to wish for the safety and security of the ...

Built in the late 14th century, the Jongmyo Shrine served as a place of worship for kings part of the Joseon dynasty. Here, royal family members would come to carry out ancestral rites for ...

Tucked deep within the heart of the Akatsi South Municipality in Ghana’s Volta Region lies Dagbamate—a village so pristine, ...

Forty-nine ancestral tablets from the royal courts of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) and the Korean Empire (1897-1910) will be returned to Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul. The Korea Heritage Service on April ...

Online reservations for a Joseon-era (1392-1910) ancestral rite ceremony combining royal music and dance at Jongmyo shrine in ...

The Committee decided to inscribe this site on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iv), as an outstanding example of the Confucian royal ancestral shrine, which has survived relatively ...

a father and son from California who only recently discovered their connection to the First Nation through Ancestry.com. Jerry Jack, a hereditary chief, signs a document transferring the shrine ...