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Photos of Korean Family Shrines

South Korea

Korean gravesites are generally mounds of earth on rural hillsides. The locations are chosen based on whether they are seen as auspicious for the future family fortunes. Korean families visit the graves of their ancestors to show filial piety and respect. This happens during Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving), the fall harvest moon festival and the Lunar New Year, among other times. The gravesites shown here are for members of the Heunghae Bay clan, one of five Bay clans in Korea.


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This is the gravesite of the founder of the Heunghae Bay clan. The grave is approximately 600 years old. Newer monuments were added more recently. The table is for laying out food for ancestors. - photos & pictures - ID #20877 This stone guardian stands watch over one of the gravesites of the Heunghae Bay clan.  - photos & pictures - ID #20894 Traditional Korean gravesites generally have small stone statues to guard the burial mounds. - photos & pictures - ID #20878 This stone burial mound guardian is hundreds of years old. - photos & pictures - ID #20886 This burial mound is the gravesite for one of the ancestors of the Heunghae Bay clan of Korea. - photos & pictures - ID #20883
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