Dangun (檀君)
The founding figure of Gojoseon, to whom rites were offered at the altar on Manisan.
Dangun is the founder of Gojoseon in Korean foundation accounts. At Chamseongdan on Manisan the connection runs both ways: the altar is transmitted as one he raised in order to offer rites to heaven, and is also understood as a place where offerings were made to him. What the Korean state record establishes about the site is narrower and more interesting than the legend — the sacrifices held there under Goryeo and Joseon were cho rites, a Daoist observance. The modern rite, revived in 1955, is held each 3 October.
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