Miscellaneous
Places whose stated devotion fits no ordinary category.
A few places state a devotion so specific that no ordinary category holds it, and this site would rather give them an honest miscellaneous tag than bend the nearest one until it fits. The clearest example is a shrine whose subsidiary takes prayers for fine weather. Each page explains its own case.
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Places in this collection
TempleBeopjusa
- Miscellaneous
Founded in 553 and grown into the centre of Maitreya devotion, holding the only wooden pagoda in Korea.
Sacred MountainTaebaeksan Cheonjedan
- Miscellaneous
A stone altar for heaven rites on the summit, where a rite is offered each National Foundation Day and where the state has sacrificed since Silla.
Historic SiteChamseongdan, Manisan
- Miscellaneous
A stone altar said to have been raised by Dangun for rites to heaven, used for state sacrifices under Goryeo and Joseon, and the site of a rite held every National Foundation Day.
ShrineKoenji Hikawa Shrine
- Miscellaneous
A Suginami shrine whose grounds hold a shrine to the weather, built inside an army meteorological unit in 1944 and left standing after the war by an oversight.