Sajikdan Altar

Basic information

Designation

Historic Site No.121

Category

유적지

Era

조선 태조 4년(1396)

Designated year

1963

Location

종로구, 서울특별시— 서울 종로구 사직동 1-28번지

Coordinates

37.575610, 126.967669

Along with Jongmyo Shrine, Sajikdan was a place where services for the gods of Earth and Crops were performed. It was erected when the founder of Joseon made Hanyang the capital and built the palaces. Guksadan was the place where services for the Earth were performed, which was located on the east, and Gukjikdan, the place where services for the Crop gods were performed, on the west. The altar was placed on the north. Services were performed here in the winter solstice and New Year’s Eve, February, and August. Rituals and prayers for rain to have great harvest and for success in great national affairs were also held here. In 1902, Japan moved Sajikdan and Office of the National Altar elsewhere and made a park around the altar to degrade the Korean altar tradition. Sajik Park, which became a park in 1940, was the original site of Sajikdan.

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