Royal sights in Jeju Si
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Samseonghyeol Shrine
The main feature of this very unusual shrine is a hole in the ground, or rather three holes in the ground. Legends say that three brothers, Go, Bu and Yang, came out of the three holes and founded the Tamna kingdom, with help from three princesses who arrived by boat together with cattle and horses. The brothers divided the island kingdom into three sections by each shooting an arrow and taking the third where his arrow landed.
The shrine was originally built in 1526 and the spirit tablets of the island's first ancestors are honoured with food and music in a ceremony held three times a year - on 10 April, October and December. At the entrance are two of the 45 remaining o…
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