A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jongmyo Shrine is one of the oldest and best-preserved Confucian royal shrines in the world. Built in the late 14th century, the Jongmyo Shrine served as a place of ...

A traditional rite celebrating the return of spirit tablets to the Jongmyo Shrine in Jongno District, central Seoul, in April 20. [YONHAP] A 101-meter-long (331.4-feet-long) masterpiece of Korean ...

In Sunday afternoon, the gates of the main hall at Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul swung open, revealing 19 chambers that enshrine the ancestral tablets (shinju) of kings and queens of the Joseon Dynasty ...

Jeongjeon Hall, the central building at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Jongmyo Shrine, on April 20 was reopened to the public after five years of renovation. From 2020, the Korea Heritage Service had ...

Jongmyo, designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995, is known to be the oldest and most authentic royal Confucian shrine to have been preserved. It was built by Joseon's founding king, Taejo ...

Online reservations for a Joseon-era (1392-1910) ancestral rite ceremony combining royal music and dance at Jongmyo shrine in central Seoul on May 4 are scheduled to open Friday. Jongmyo Daeje ...

Jongmyo is the oldest and most authentic of the Confucian royal shrines to have been preserved. Dedicated to the forefathers of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), the shrine has existed in its present ...

Jongmyo is the oldest and most authentic of the Confucian royal shrines to have been preserved. Dedicated to the forefathers of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), the shrine has existed in its present ...