This photo of Jeongjeon Jehyang ritual is proivded by the Korea Heritage Service (KHS). SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- The ...

A 101-meter-long (331.4-feet-long) masterpiece of Korean wooden architecture, the Jeongjeon Hall at Jongmyo Shrine reopened ...

and the Hall of Eternal Peace (Yeongnyeongjeon). To this day, people congregate around the shrine once a year for the "Jongmyo Jerye" ritual, in which they honor the ancestors of the Joseon dynasty.

The main features of Jongmyo are Jeongjeon (the main shrine), and Yeongnyeongjeon (the Hall of Eternal Peace, an auxiliary shrine). Other features include Mangmyoru, a wooden structure where the king ...

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

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 ...