in China, Korea, and Sweden
With Ming Tombs as a center
Korea Dolmen, Joseon Tombs, and Jongmyo shrine
한국의 고인돌, 조선왕릉, 종묘
1100-300 BC
Ganghwa Dolmen
Gochang Dolmen Site
A dolmen is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright stones, supporting a large flat horizontal capstone (table).
Step 1.
Step 2.
Step 3.
Step 4.
1392 - 1897 AD
The tomb of first King(Taejo) of Joseon Dynasty (= Keon-Won Reung)
The tomb of 4th King(Sejong) of Joseon Dynasty
1. "Yang Place" was for living humans and "Yin Place" was for death people.
Yin Place and Yang Place is determined by Feng Shui.
Yin and Yang
Feng Shui
2. Royal tombs must be placed sunny spot where plants grow well. And the governments of Joseon and Ming planted some pine trees around tombs and prohibited felling.
Ming Tombs
The tomb of 24th King in Joseon Dynasty
Pine Tree
1. "Ming tombs" are completely covered by mountain before opening like an underground palace. So at that time, They didn't look like tombs. But Josheon tombs were placed with back to the mountain and facing the water. Josheon tombs look like tombs.
Ming tombs
The tomb of 24th King in Joseon Dynasty
2. In Korea, We combined Feng Shui with traditional customs which is worshiping holy mountain. Thus we placed ‘’San-Seok(a stone, altar)’’ to have a religious ritual for the mountain spirit.
San-Seok
San-Shin Ritual
3. Joseon tombs have the stone for worship and memorial service for the dead Kings.("Neung-Chim") And even today, they also do memorial service every year.
Keon-Won Reung Ritual (a kind of Neung-Chim)
Jongmyo is a Confucian shrine dedicated to the perpetuation of memorial services for the deceased kings and queens of the Korean Joseon Dynasty.
Jongmyo Shrine
Ritual ceremonies linking music, song and dance still take place there, perpetuating a tradition that goes back to the 14th century.
Dance
Music
skogskyrkogården
800-1000 AD
pre christian stone ship (1100-500 BC)
cementary next to tumulus
melody 1675 / lyrics 1889
Woodland cementary (1917-1940)
woodland cementary, sweden
normandy, france
Woodland cementary (1917-1940)
to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design;
to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history;
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