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When the 1st king of Joseon dynasty established the country, he built up the main palace in the center of Seoul. Then, he built up Jongmyo shrine on the left of the palace and Sajikdan on the right of the palace. Two platforms surrounded grass were once used to make offerings to the god of land (Sa) and the god of grains (Jik) with the belief that the destiny of the entire nation was dependent upon the mercy of these two deities as well as the deceased royal ancestors who would be prayed for at nearby Jongmyo Shrine. Joseon rulers saw these rites as the most important of state affairs to ensure the safety and prosperity of their dynasty and performed them in February, August and in times of drought as well as in times of trouble.
The park was named in 1395 by Taejo Lee Sung-gye who made the first Sajik altar, as well as built Gyeongbokgung and Jongmyo Shrine. Rites were held here regularly dating back to the Three Kingdom Period in Korea from the 4th to the 7th centuries. Under Japanese colonial rule, these rites were abolished in 1908 until they were reintroduced with the Seoul Olympics in 1988. One can see the rites performed on the third Sunday of September every year. This ceremony has been designated as Intangible Cultural Property No. 111.
The rites involve offering slaughtered cattle, pig and lamb as well as grains to the gods followed by ceremonies offering silk, known as jeonpye, welcoming the deities, known as yeongsinnye, offering three wines, choheonnye, aheonnye and jongheonnye, sharing the food, known as eumbongnye, and finally lighting the written prayers on fire, known as mangnye.
Outside of the altar area there are basketball hoops and a playground as well as a Children’s Library nearby. Behind the altar area are two large statues, one represents Lee Yulgok, one of the most prominent scholars and philosophers during the Joseon Dynasty who lived from 1536 to 1584 and the other statue represents Sin Saimdang, an artist and poet as well as Lee Yulgok’s mother who lived from 1504 to 1551.
The park was named in 1395 by Taejo Lee Sung-gye who made the first Sajik altar, as well as built Gyeongbokgung and Jongmyo Shrine. Rites were held here regularly dating back to the Three Kingdom Period in Korea from the 4th to the 7th centuries. Under Japanese colonial rule, these rites were abolished in 1908 until they were reintroduced with the Seoul Olympics in 1988. One can see the rites performed on the third Sunday of September every year. This ceremony has been designated as Intangible Cultural Property No. 111.
The rites involve offering slaughtered cattle, pig and lamb as well as grains to the gods followed by ceremonies offering silk, known as jeonpye, welcoming the deities, known as yeongsinnye, offering three wines, choheonnye, aheonnye and jongheonnye, sharing the food, known as eumbongnye, and finally lighting the written prayers on fire, known as mangnye.
Outside of the altar area there are basketball hoops and a playground as well as a Children’s Library nearby. Behind the altar area are two large statues, one represents Lee Yulgok, one of the most prominent scholars and philosophers during the Joseon Dynasty who lived from 1536 to 1584 and the other statue represents Sin Saimdang, an artist and poet as well as Lee Yulgok’s mother who lived from 1504 to 1551.
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1-65 Sajik-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
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02-731-0536
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Sajikdan park is the only one place in Korea to pray for the prosperity and happiness to the god. And we need only short time to look around, so it's pretty good when we are near this place like Gyungbok palace or so. Especially there're lots of buses to many places in Seoul and subway station from here, we could enjoy there everyday!