Jongmyo rites

The Jongmyo ritual is an ancestor worship ceremony held at Jongmyos by the monarchs of the East Asian cultural sphere. Different dynasties have different rituals. The Korean Jongmyo jerye and Jongmyo ritual music were inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists in 2001 by UNESCO.[1]

This article is about Rites at Jongmyo shrines. For Rites at the specific Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul, see Jongmyo jerye.

References
  1. "Introduction of Jongmyo". Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
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