A brief history of DANGUN
The rich cultural heritage of the Korean diaspora has solid history and facts supporting the prowess and resilience to rebuild from object poverty and war, difficulties in the journey of life once overcome removes the limits of what we can do using our mind and determination.
A testament to this fact is that the Korean culture has penetrated all societies globally. Music, cinema, food, technology, medicine, Olympic Sports (Tae Kwon Do), IT, high tech, intellectual discourse is a sampling of the growing influence.
Society today is being manipulated by a small group attempting to control the minds and direction of traditional values. The forward thinkers are waking up and taking action to reclaim the values that contribute to society, humanity by removing the toxic policies that promote conflict over cooperation. The following synapses will celebrate the coming golden age and shall take action to bring to fruition.
Highlights of some Historical Facts:
- Invented Hangul Alphabet
- The pagoda of Bunhwangsa temple, 634 AD, which once stood seven to nine stories in height, yet these collapsed to its current state of three stories
- Silla later emerged as a sea power responsible for destroying Japanese pirates, invented the turtle ship, successfully repelled being completely conquered through military campaigns.
- DNA has been contributed from Siberia, China, Ghenghis Kahn, Persia and various indigenous tribes on all continents.
- Silla was the smallest and weakest of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, but it used cunning diplomatic means to make opportunistic pacts and alliances with the more powerful Korean kingdoms, and eventually Tang China, to its great advantage.
Unified Silla lasted for 267 years until King Gyeongsun surrendered the country to Goryeo in 935, after 992 years and 56 monarchs.
The mythological history has much deeper than people know. Kindness, spiritual awakening and compassion are intricate precepts society must follow to succeed. This will shine the light on the evolution of Dangun and the coming visions that will positively shape future events living in peace and harmony.
According to Korean mythology, as recounted in the 13th-century CE Samguk yusa (‘Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms’), Hwanung, the son of Hwanin, the supreme deity, asked his father if he might be allowed to descend to earth and live there instead of heaven. Hwanin consented and, giving Hwanung three seals of authority, selected Mt. Taebecksan (near Pyongyang) as the best place for his son to arrive and settle. With the god came 3,000 followers, including the Earl of Wind (pungbaek), Master of Rain (ubaek), and Master of Clouds (unsa). Hwanung built a town called Asadal on the slopes beneath a sandalwood tree, hence his other name of ‘Lord of the Pakdal tree’ or Sandalwood Prince. From the mountain, the god dispensed to his followers such quintessential elements of life as culture, agriculture, good and evil, punishments, illness, and lifespans.
