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Dangun, Son of Dan Was Dangun a descendant of the Tribe of Dan, or an immediate son of
Dan himself? There were 45 Dangun�s, as a Dangun is a title, not a proper noun
This mausoleum can
now be viewed on Google Earth at 39 09 16.89N and 126 03 16.35 E.
Since the following image
was located in April, 2005, much better images are on the internet which
prove this to be a much more significant find than most people realize:
The following images
are much more impressive than the one above, so much so that they appear to be
different structures.� This is Dangun
Wanggum [the first of 45 Danguns] who dates to 2333 BC and whose four sons [the
eldest of whom was the next Dangun] and 8 top government leaders were buried in
separate tombs close by.� Considering he�s
the patriarch of all Koreans, there sure is not much information on him.
http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/1998/9802/news02/10.htm
Great efforts made in
reconstruction of King Tangun's mausoleum
Pyongyang, February 10
(KCNA) -- The mausoleum of King Tangun, the ancestral father of the Korean
nation, is at the foot of Mt. Taebak, Kangdong county, Pyongyang. With an area
of 45 hectares, it is carefully preserved as a nation's precious cultural
treasure. Five years ago, President Kim Il Sung gave instructions on how the
tomb of King Tangun should be excavated and how it should be preserved as a
national treasure. A 22-metre-high quadrilateral stone pyramid tomb, stone
sculptures and other ornaments give the visitors a feeling of royal majesty. The full view of the
mausoleum which has been reconstructed as a national monument reminds the
visitors of great efforts made by President Kim Il Sung and General Kim Jong Il
in order to prove the 5,000-year-long history of the Korean nation. President
Kim Il Sung instructed many times to excavate the tomb of King Tangun,
stressing the need to put the history of ancient Korea, the first Korean state,
on the correct order, which had been distorted by Japanese cringing historians.
At the beginning of
1993, he again set important tasks to be fulfilled in excavating the tomb. Thus
the excavation work of the tomb progressed actively. In the course of this, the
bones of Tangun and the remains of the dead were unearthed. A scientific
analysis proved that Tangun was not a legendary figure, but an actual figure
who was born more than 5,000 years ago. It enabled the Korean people to regain
the ancestral father of their nation and restore their 5,000-year-long history.
The 80-year-old
President visited the tomb in Kangdong and called for reconstructing the tomb
magnificently as befits one of the ancestral father of the Korean nation. He
also gave dozens of instructions later on how the reconstruction work of the
tomb should be carried out. On July 6, 1994, two days before he died, while
presiding over a consultative meeting of the senior economic officials, he
examined the final layout of the mausoleum and urged the officials to accelerate
reconstruction work. True to the intentions
of the President, General Kim Jong Il corrected mistakes in redressing the
Korean history and provided archaeologists with all conditions for the
reconstruction projects. He then formed a committee for reconstruction of the
tomb and ensured that fund, materials and manpower were invested in the project
in great profusion and all difficult problems were settled. Thanks to his
meticulous guidance the tomb was reconstructed in a short time. General Kim Jong Il
visited the reconstructed mausoleum in October 1994 and noted with great
satisfaction that it was reconstructed magnificently as a national monument, as
wished by the president. He also referred to the problems to be tackled in
preserving and managing the mausoleum. Great efforts exerted by the two leaders
will remain in the memory of the nation for ever.
Dangun controlled
Yemek, which is Turkey. http://www.gezinet.net/yiyecekicecek/index.asp
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historians of simultaneous. Them will reach and Tangun 13 century people the
hazard which calls forth the nationalism of the consideration where one year
asserted annoys to Mong intentional aggression as the people which it creates,
to lead thousands years Tanguns jump over the blank and it means that has
become the people of the contemporary history which they are living. The
interpretation against Tangun's character it hits once with irrelevance but
logic of the first people where Tangun is creation width of consideration
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up from here and it means. To consideration time the virtuous person Tangun's
pseudonym (Yi) is to be. Stinkingly time Tangun existence it becomes known
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Who Was Dangun?
Source:
Are we descendents of Dangun (??)?
Prof. Lee Dong Hee
This year (2002) is
the 4335th year since the founding of the Old Korea. For the first time
since Korea was divided 57 years ago, the Foundation Day (???) was celebrated
jointly by people from North, South, and overseas on October 3, 2002 in North
Korea. Seoul will host a joint celebration of the Foundation Day next
year. Prof. Lee Dong Hee
attended the ceremony as a member of the Korean Farmers Cultural Association (
???????). During his stay in North Korea from October 1st to October 5th,
he visited Dangun's burial chamber, the Samsung Temple (???) and other Dangun
sites in North Korea. Dangun Sites
Exactly one hundred
South Korean were cleared by the Unification Ministry to attend the ceremony in
North Korea. A North Korean plane picked them up at Inchon on October 1.
About one hour later, they landed at Sunahn near Pyongyang and checked in at
the Botong-gang Hotel. All expenses were paid by Pyongyang.
Photo: North and
South Koreans at the Foundation Day ceremony. In the background is the
Dangun Mausoleum shaped like a pyramid. The burial chamber is
located inside this pyramid: a large Dangun portrait hangs by the
entrance. The remains of Dangun and his wife are preserved in a glass
case. Their bone fragments were collected and put together by the
restorers after years of hard work. The Foundation Day
ceremony on October 3 was attended by a large number of North Korean students clad
in the traditional attires - colorful chima-jogori. They were also
celebrants from overseas. After the official notes and a traditional
worship, a music and dance festival was held. The ceremony participants
danced joyfully en mass. People from North, South and overseas freely
commingled and celebrated the founding of the Korean nation. Later that day, Dangun
scholars from North and South presented academic papers on Dangun at the
People's Palace of Culture. Yung Nae Han, head of the Dangun Research Institute
in South Korea, and Huh Jong Ho, head of the Korean History Academy, were the
principal speakers at this symposium. Until recently, the Dangun
researchers from North and South had no way of sharing their research materials
on Dangun, but they were unanimous in their conclusion that Dangun was a real
person.
Photo: The Samsung
Temple. The temple was rebuilt
in 2001 and honors the memory of Dangun, his father (Hwan Woon), and his
grandfather (Hwan Inn). Hence the name Samsung (??) - the Three
Saints. The celebrants shared
a dinner that night and socialized late into the night. Early in the following
morning, the delegates from South Korea were flown back to Inchon in a North
Korean plane. Who was Dangun?
 Was he a human or a deity or a
bear? Photo: A Dangun
portrait. Was he really a
person? Was he a son of a man or of a god? Or was he an offspring of an
angel and a bear as a mythology claims? Are we descendants of a
bear? Very little is known
of the founding father of the Old Korea. Many Koreans don't know for sure
if Dangun was a person, a deity or an animal. Some historians claim that
Dangun is a myth. Some people claim Dangun is a mere fable. Some Christian
leaders in Korea have destroyed Dangun statues fearing idolatry. Unbelievably,
most Koreans don't care either way. The sad fact of the
matter is that the Korean people pay little attention to their origin. It
is no wonder then that Korea was annexed by Japan, divided by foreign powers
and even worse, it remains divided. People who don't care about their
founding father don't deserve to be independent. Where did we come
from? Who are we? Who am I? Where did I come from and where is my
root? If we cannot answer these questions, how can we call ourselves
humans or Koreans? We would be no different from the beasts or savages. The Three Saints did
exist. The story of the three saints - Dangun, his father and grandfather
- is recorded in the ancient Samsung Chronicle (???) and also in the
Three-Nation Chronicle (????), familiar to all students of history in
Korea. The story of Dangun is clearly stated in these ancient archives
but until recently, the Dangun was not taken seriously. Dangun's grave does
exist and this is no myth. It was restored after centuries of neglect.
Dangun's remains do exist and have been scientifically identified. What
do the grave and remains of Dangun mean? It means that Dangun
was a real person. He was not a mythical figure or a god or a bear.
He was a normal human being. It means that he lived in Korea and was
buried in Korea. The remains of Dangun and his wife do exist and can be
examined by any skeptic. The Foundation Day
(gae-chun-jul - ???) is celebrated in South Korea and everyone knows about
it. It honors the day Dangun founded the Old Korea. Dangun's
ancestors founded an earlier Korean nation 1,565 years before Dangun.
Dangun founded the Korean nation in 2333 BC. Originally, October 3rd was
by Lunar calendar but it was later accepted as the normal calendar date for
simplicity. Kim Gu's Provisional Government in Shanghai made it an
official holiday of Korea. The date of Dangun's
death is remembered on the Uhchun-jul (??). It is lunar March 15.
Various organizations hold commemorative services on this day to honor
the founding father of Korea. Sadly, few Koreans know of this day.
If you don't believe in Dangun, then you must believe that Dangun's grave and
remains are fakes and must discard the Dangun Memorial Day which has been
honored for centuries in Korea. With the gradual opening of North Korea, it is
expected that more scientific evidence of Dangun will become
available. Tangun Webs:
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Dangun
Annals of Danguns
Annals of the Danguns
are recorded in Handan
Gogi, which describes the ancient history of Korea Korea is a peninsula in eastern Asia where
people have lived for the past 12,000 - 15,000 years. The country is located
between China and Japan. It was once a large unified country that had governed
territories in Manchuria as recently as 1908, and some territory in present-day
Siberia. At one point, it was the centre for the very best silk in the world,
as noted in ancient Chinese scripts. Korea was also known for having the
world's best goldsmiths during the 7th-8th centuries. The publication technique
of movable type was invented in Korea in 1232, long before Gutenberg introduced
the concept in Europe. These types used Chinese characters and were initially
mainly used to mass-produce Buddhist sutras...... Click the link for more information. . Like other ancient scriptures, Handan Gogi is considered to be blend of mythology and history. Since the kingdom of Danguns, Gojoseon Go-Joseon (???; ???), or Old Korea (2333 - 206 BC), was the first Korean kingdom. According to legend, it was founded by Dangun in southern Manchuria in the basins of the Liao and Taedong Rivers. Judging from Chinese
records, the state of Go-Joseon as a political entity could be described as a
kingdom(guo
?) at least by the beginning of the 4th century BC. This roughly coincides with
the advent of the Iron Age in Korea.
Origin of the myth
Dangun has never
appeared in Chinese documents, even though they record other legends like that
of Jumong (the legendary founder of Goguryeo Goguryeo or Koguryo (???; ???; pinyin:
Gaogoul�) (1st century BC-668) was a kingdom in southern Manchuria and
northern Korea. It is often referred to as one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea,
along with Baekje and Silla. History..... Click the link for more information. ) in detail. In addition, the Samguk Sagi Samguk Sagi (?? ??
(????; "Historical Record of the Three Kingdoms") in Korean) is a
historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla.
The Samguk Sagi
was written in Classical Chinese (as used in writing by Korean scholars at the
time) and compiled by the Korean historian Kim Busik in 1145. It is very well
known as the Oldest Korean history book. The Mongols are an ethnic group that originated in what is now Mongolia, Russia, and China, particularly Inner Mongolia. They currently number about 10 million and speak the Mongol language. They form one of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. History
Though few in number
(approximately 200,000 people at the height of their empire), Mongols were
important in world history. Under the leadership of Genghis Khan, the Mongols
created the largest land empire in world history, ruling 13.8 million square
miles and more than 100 million people. At their height, their empire spanned
from Korea to Hungary, and included most of the lands in between, such as
Afghanistan, Georgia, Armenia, Russia, Persia, and much of the Middle East...... Click the link for more information. would have established Dangun as the ideal founder. Dangun and nationalism
While Shamanism There are a number of shamanistic practices that are
developed in Korea. They have deep roots and have been influenced by Buddhism.
Even though belief in Korean shamanism is not considered widespread these days,
the practices are kept alive. In the past such
shamanistic rites have doubled as agricultural rites, such as prayers for
abundant harvest. With a shift away from agriculture in modern Korea this has
been completely lost. The rites themselves underwent a number of changes
through the Silla and Goryeo periods. Even during the Joseon Dynasty which was
Confucian in every way, shamanistic rites were allowed to continue. Since Korean Buddhism
has come to the attention of Western scholarship rather late compared with
Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, it still lies, with its deep store of untouched
resources, almost fully open for exploration. And while early ignorance
regarding the Korean Buddhist tradition lent to some degree of uninformed
glossing over from preconceptions drawn from models in Chinese and Japanese
Buddhism, scholars of East Asian Buddhism nowadays are generally becoming aware
of the important role of Korean Buddhism in the East Asian
religious/philosophical sphere. The Goguryeo Kingdom
was inspired by Chinese culture and Confucianism, but initially maintained its
own customs and traditions. The Baekje Kingdom, on the other hand, adopted
Confucianism. This shaped the administrative system and the culture of arts.
Silla was the last kingdom to accept the Confucian way of life. Decades: 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s - 1860s - 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s Years: 1859 1860 1861
1862 1863 - 1864 - 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869
Until the end of World War II,
Japan promoted the myth that its emperors were desenceded from the goddess Amaterasu. On
November 9, 1928--the eve of the deification of Hirohito and
the official
beginning of his imperial reign--the Donga Ilbo (a widely read Korean daily
newspaper) snubbed the official Japanese celebrations in Korea and attempted to
reinvigorate Korean nationalism by publishing an account of the Dangun myth
(Bix 2001). After independence in 1945, Daejonggyo and Dangungyo were revived,
but lacked mass appeal. Nevertheless, campaigns to teach the Dangun myth as
historical fact in schools partially succeeded. Since 1988, the national
history textbook has explained that Dangun Wanggeom was the ruler's title and
that the legend of Dangun reflects historical fact, a move that has since been
one-upped in Japan by attempts in 2000 to treat
the mythical emperor Jimmu's
reign as historical fact in a new textbook http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/rekiken/english/appeals/appeal_001205.html.
Until 1961, the official South Korean era (for numbering years) was called the Dangi (??; ??), which began with 2333 BC, the year of the mythical founding of Joseon by Dangun. Daejong-gyo designated October 3rd in the lunar calendar as Gaecheonjeol (???; ???), or the "Festival of the Opening of Heaven." This day is now a national holiday in the Gregorian calendar, called "National Foundation Day." This is also similar to the situation in Japan, where Jimmu's mythical foundation of that country is celebrated on February 11 of each year http://www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/japan/jp_holi.html#feb11
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