{"id":6107,"date":"2026-05-19T11:48:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sansin\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:25:16","slug":"sansin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/sansin\/","title":{"rendered":"Sansin"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6107\" class=\"elementor elementor-6107 elementor-3055 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fa5432 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0fa5432\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e71104a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e71104a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23a6631 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23a6631\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be1262b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be1262b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sansin, Korean mountain god<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4439582 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4439582\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sansin is a Korean mountain god whose shrines stand on <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the divine and thereby withdrawn from everyday use.\" tabindex=\"0\">sacred<\/span> mountains and who watches over the land, forest and wildlife of his domain. Sansin (Korean \uc0b0\uc2e0, \u5c71\u795e) is the Korean mountain god and is regarded as the most important local protective deity of Korean folk <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religion<\/span>.<\/p><p>Unlike the remote heavenly lord Hananim or the transcendent bodhisattvas of Buddhism, Sansin is a place-bound deity who can be <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The petitioning or invoking address to a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invoked<\/span> in concrete terms, a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span> whose <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sacred place dedicated to the veneration of a deity.\" tabindex=\"0\">sanctuaries<\/span> are found in the mountains of Korea.<\/p><p>Mountain veneration is among the oldest religious practices of the Korean peninsula and has survived alongside Buddhist, Confucian and shamanic traditions into the present day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a5263a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a5263a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-392eea8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"392eea8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"God \/ Goddess: Personified supreme power in the pantheon of a culture, with clear areas of responsibility: forces of nature, fate, war, fertility. 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Gods from the Korean tradition, historical and illustrative\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_korea_sansin-1-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_korea_sansin-1-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_korea_sansin-1-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_korea_sansin-1.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38d3269 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"38d3269\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03c9e37 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"03c9e37\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a42e5ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a42e5ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Source situation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-073e3ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"073e3ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Written evidence for the veneration of Sansin reaches back to the Three Kingdoms period (1st to 7th century). The \u00abSamguk Sagi\u00bb and the \u00abSamguk Yusa\u00bb report on mountain rites at sacred peaks that were regarded as the seat of local deities.<\/p><p>The geographical work \u00abDongguk Yeoji Seungnam\u00bb (\u00abExpanded Survey of the Geography of Korea\u00bb, 1481) also records numerous mountain sanctuaries with their local Sansin.<\/p><p>From the 4th century onward, the Buddhist <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> of Korea integrated mountain veneration into its monastic topography; every larger <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A structure that serves the veneration of one or more deities.\" tabindex=\"0\">temple<\/span> has a small hall for the Sansin, often built behind the main Buddha hall.<\/p><p>James Grayson and Don Baker have summarized the source situation in their surveys of religious history.<\/p><p>In specific studies on Korean shamanic practice, Boudewijn Walraven has shown that Sansin is also invoked in the shamanic rites (\u00abgut\u00bb), above all in rituals of healing and protection. Antonetta Bruno has systematically documented the inscriptions and iconographic representations from the mountain sanctuaries.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eafe57 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2eafe57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56460ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56460ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Iconography and representation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12abafe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12abafe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the pictorial tradition, Sansin is usually depicted as an old, white-bearded man sitting beneath a pine tree, wearing a traditional Korean robe and holding a fan or staff. At his side he is accompanied by a tiger that serves as a mount or as a messenger.<\/p><p>This pictorial composition has been iconographically standardized since the 17th century. In some regions, above all in Gangwon Province, Sansin is also depicted as an old woman, which recalls matriarchal mountain cults that are discussed in scholarship.<\/p><p>The tiger is the most important companion animal of Sansin and holds a comprehensive <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sign that stands representatively for a concept or meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbolic<\/span> meaning in Korean <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The discipline that studies everyday culture, customs and traditional notions.\" tabindex=\"0\">folklore studies<\/span>. It is regarded as the guardian of the mountains, as the agent who carries out Sansin&#8217;s punishments and as the protector of the pious.<\/p><p>In some local traditions the tiger itself merges with the mountain god, an effect that reaches into the Korean writing system: the Chinese character for \u00abmountain god\u00bb (\u5c71\u795e) is occasionally replaced by a \u00abtiger <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sign that stands in place of an idea or meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span>\u00bb.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48ccbd1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"48ccbd1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3966636 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3966636\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sanctuaries and mountain cults<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5d7e67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5d7e67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most important sanctuaries of Sansin are the \u00absansin-gak\u00bb, small shrines erected near mountain monasteries or at special peaks. A <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A small sacred place of safekeeping or devotion.\" tabindex=\"0\">shrine<\/span> complex usually consists of a central main room with an image of Sansin and his tiger, often supplemented by incense stands and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The concrete object or food offered to a deity.\" tabindex=\"0\">offering<\/span> tables.<\/p><p>In the monastic context the shrines are cared for by the Buddhist monk, in the village context by local elders or shamans.<\/p><p>Famous mountain sanctuaries exist on Baekdu (in the north, which is at the same time regarded as the Hwanung-Hwanin mountain), on Jirisan, on Hallasan on Jeju, on Seoraksan and on Bukhan near Seoul.<\/p><p>Each of these sanctuaries has its own local traditions, its own feast days and its own mythical narratives. In his field research, Boudewijn Walraven has documented the diversity of these local cults and shown that mountain veneration, despite its apparent uniformity, has a strongly regional character.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39611fd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39611fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fceafa5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fceafa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Relationship to Buddhism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-196563c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"196563c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The integration of Sansin into the Buddhist monastic topography is a remarkable process. In the 4th and 5th centuries, when Buddhism came to Korea from China, it found the mountains already regarded as <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the divine and thereby withdrawn from everyday use.\" tabindex=\"0\">sacred<\/span>.<\/p><p>Instead of combating mountain veneration, the monks integrated it into their monastic complexes and gave the local mountain deities a fixed place in the monastery, though in the rank of a subordinate protective figure. Don Baker has described this practice as a typical example of \u00abhierarchical integration\u00bb.<\/p><p>In every Korean Buddhist <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A structure that serves the veneration of one or more deities.\" tabindex=\"0\">temple<\/span> there is therefore today a hall called \u00abSansin-gak\u00bb, in which the image of the mountain god with his tiger stands.<\/p><p>Before this image, separate incense <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An offering to a deity to express gratitude, petition, or veneration.\" tabindex=\"0\">offerings<\/span> and prayers are performed, above all by lay people who ask for protection of the family, success in business matters or healing from illness. This practice is today a self-evident part of the Korean temple visit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6c70df e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c6c70df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e116e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e116e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Confucian and shamanic appropriation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52106e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52106e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Confucian tradition of the Joseon period (1392 to 1910) did not fully displace mountain veneration either. Royal mountain rites were part of the official state <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span>; the king made offerings at several mountains that were regarded as the protective mountains of the realm.<\/p><p>Bukhansan near Seoul was one of these \u00abfour protective mountains\u00bb. These official rites differed in their ritualized form from folk-religious practice, but shared the underlying notion of the sacredness of mountains.<\/p><p>In the shamanic context, Sansin is invoked as one of the most important <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A bodiless being to which agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirits<\/span> that appear in the \u00abgut\u00bb rituals. The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A religious specialist credited with mediating between humans and the spirit world.\" tabindex=\"0\">shaman<\/span>, whether female or male, temporarily embodies him and conveys his messages to those present. This mediumistic function is a central aspect of Korean shamanic practice.<\/p><p>In his studies on Songdo and Seoul shamanic practice, Boudewijn Walraven has shown that Sansin occupies a high rank in the shamanic hierarchy without functioning as the sole principal <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being to which effects in the world are attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span>. The shaman, a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A religious specialist credited with mediating between humans and the world of spirits.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual specialist<\/span>, is central to this practice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1346c7f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1346c7f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ac0ad8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ac0ad8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sansin and Dangun<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eff8cb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eff8cb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A remarkable connection exists between Sansin and Dangun, the mythical progenitor of Korea. According to some versions of the Dangun <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A traditional narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span>, Dangun withdrew at the end of his life to Mount Asadal and there became the Sansin.<\/p><p>This identification connects the national foundation myth with folk-religious mountain veneration and gives Sansin a quasi-national-religious character. James Grayson has pointed out that this connection was theologically elaborated in the Daejonggyo movement of the 20th century.<\/p><p>In some mountain sanctuaries, especially in the north, Sansin is therefore identified with Dangun or venerated as his heir. This dual identity creates a bridge between the purely local <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> and the national <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A traditional narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span>.<\/p><p>It is an example of the flexibility of Korean religiosity, which is able to combine very different religious layers in a single figure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a60d21 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6a60d21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60f580f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60f580f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">State of research and the present<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-669cfb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"669cfb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sansin research is carried out above all by Korean scholars of religion. Internationally, Boudewijn Walraven, James Grayson, Don Baker, Hong-Key Yoon and Antonetta Bruno have presented the most important studies.<\/p><p>From the perspective of cultural geography, Hong-Key Yoon has shown how the mountain sanctuaries shape the spatial perception of the Korean landscape and how mountain veneration is connected with Pungsu (geomancy).<\/p><p>In modern Korean religion, Sansin remains present despite urbanization and modernization. Hikers in the national parks seek out the Sansin-gak and light incense; shamans travel to sacred mountains for special rites; and in the large monasteries the visit to the Sansin hall is a fixed part of the routine of many of the faithful.<\/p><p>The mountain god thus stands for a religious layer that continues to operate under changing principal religions and helps to shape Korean religiosity to this day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be9a0c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"be9a0c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04f0a57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04f0a57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sansin in folk art<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9de710a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9de710a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The folk art of Korea has captured Sansin in numerous painted panels, woodcuts and embroideries. In the late Joseon period the pictorial type of the \u00absansin-do\u00bb, the mountain-god panel, arose, which depicts Sansin in a strongly stylized form with tiger, pine, pine cones and sometimes a peach fruit.<\/p><p>These painted panels were venerated in the monasteries and were frequently exhibited in folk art museums. Stylistically they combine Buddhist pictorial conventions with folk naivety.<\/p><p>The literary tradition of the Joseon period also drew on Sansin. In numerous folk tales (\u00abminhwa\u00bb) he appears as a tester, helper or as the agent who carries out punishment for human transgressions. These narratives present him as a moral authority with a clear ordering function, which distinguishes him from the rather chaotic mountain <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demons<\/span>.<\/p><p>In her works on Korean folk narrative, Antonetta Bruno has shown how this moral function raises Sansin to the rank of a quasi-Confucian authority of virtue, without his being part of the official Confucian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eedaa40 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eedaa40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a64f96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a64f96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">David A. Mason and the ethnographic documentation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6f43d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6f43d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most extensive ethnographic documentation of the Sansin cult has been presented by the American Korea specialist David A. Mason. His work \u00abSpirit of the Mountains: Korea&#8217;s San-shin and Traditions of Mountain-Worship\u00bb (Seoul 1999) documents more than two hundred Sansin sanctuaries in Korean monasteries and villages and describes the regional variants of the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The study of pictorial content and its meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">iconography<\/span>.<\/p><p>Mason shows that the seemingly uniform pictorial tradition consists of three components that are combined differently by region: a patriarchal white-bearded Sansin of the central provinces, a female Sansin on Jeju and in parts of Jeolla, and the Sansin identified with Dangun in the north.<\/p><p>Mason&#8217;s survey shows that the Sansin hall of a Korean monastery usually stands east or northeast of the main Buddha hall and, according to Pungsu criteria (Korean geomancy), is placed so as to mirror the \u00abrear mountain\u00bb (\u00abjinsan\u00bb) of the monastery.<\/p><p>This architectural convention spatially binds the veneration of the mountain god to the Buddhist monastic order. Hong-Key Yoon has systematically described this geomantic logic in \u00abThe Culture of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinese teaching on the harmonious arrangement of buildings and spaces.\" tabindex=\"0\">Fengshui<\/span> in Korea\u00bb (2006) and shown how the mountain itself is constituted as a spiritual entity through the Pungsu interpretation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad745d7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad745d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7916a8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7916a8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jeju Island and the female Sansin tradition<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff39712 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff39712\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the island of Jeju an independent mountain-god tradition has survived, at the center of which stands the mountain goddess Seolmundae Halmang (\u00abGrandmother Seolmundae\u00bb). The Halmang is a giant creator goddess who, according to Jeju <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>, formed the island and its central volcano Hallasan.<\/p><p>She is regarded as the mother of 500 sons and is venerated in numerous local shrines. The mythical tradition is laid down in the \u00abCheonjiwang-bonpuri\u00bb and the \u00abSeolmundae-bonpuri\u00bb, oral shamanic songs that were recorded in the 20th century by Korean folklorists.<\/p><p>In \u00abShamans, Nostalgias and the IMF\u00bb (2009) Laurel Kendall has examined the significance of the Halmang tradition for the cultural self-assertion of Jeju. In 2009 UNESCO inscribed the Jeju shamanic festival \u00abChilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut\u00bb on the list of intangible world heritage, which has placed the veneration of the Halmang in an institutionalized protective context.<\/p><p>In comparative <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The discipline that studies religions comparatively and without commitment to belief.\" tabindex=\"0\">religious studies<\/span>, the female mountain-god tradition of Jeju is regarded as important evidence for the thesis of a matriarchal layer in early Korean religiosity, even though this thesis cannot be unequivocally supported archaeologically.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff26c9d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ff26c9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b609f0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b609f0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">State mountain cult of the Joseon period<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17287e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17287e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Joseon dynasty (1392 to 1910) institutionalized the mountain <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> as part of the official state cult. Four \u00abgreat mountains\u00bb (\u00absa-ak\u00bb) formed the geomantic-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> framework of the realm: Baekdusan in the north, Jirisan in the south, Geumgangsan in the east and Myohyangsan in the west.<\/p><p>Added to these were the \u00abfive guardian mountains\u00bb (\u00abo-jin\u00bb) and the \u00abfour island mountains\u00bb. This mountain system is described in detail in the \u00abJoseon Wangjo Sillok\u00bb (\u00abAnnals of the Joseon Dynasty\u00bb) and in the \u00abKukcho oryeui\u00bb (\u00abFive Rites of the State\u00bb, 1474).<\/p><p>The royal mountain rites differed from folk-religious practice through their Confucian ritualization: in place of the pictorial Sansin there stood memorial tablets bearing a Confucian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A text incised or carved into a fixed support.\" tabindex=\"0\">inscription<\/span>, the rites followed the scheme of the \u00abjerye\u00bb, and they were performed by high-ranking officials or by the king himself.<\/p><p>Nevertheless, even the Confucian elites acknowledged the existence of local mountain gods, which documents the religious-political tolerance of the Joseon administration despite its official Confucian orientation.<\/p><p>In \u00abSongs of the Shaman\u00bb (1994) and in several essays, Boudewijn Walraven has shown how this dual structure of official Confucianization and the de facto retention of mountain veneration shaped the religious practice of the Joseon period.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97f8599 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"97f8599\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6cd5ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d6cd5ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sources and literature<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58c1a0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58c1a0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-nosnippet=\"true\"><p>Primary sources: Iryeon, \u00abSamguk Yusa\u00bb (1281); \u00abSamguk Sagi\u00bb (1145); \u00abDongguk Yeoji Seungnam\u00bb (1481); \u00abJoseon Wangjo Sillok\u00bb (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty); \u00abKukcho oryeui\u00bb (1474). Shamanic texts from Jeju: \u00abCheonjiwang-bonpuri\u00bb and \u00abSeolmundae-bonpuri\u00bb in the collection by Hyun Yong-jun, \u00abJeju-do musok charyo sajeon\u00bb (Seoul 1980). Secondary literature: David A. Mason, \u00abSpirit of the Mountains: Korea&#8217;s San-shin and Traditions of Mountain-Worship\u00bb (Seoul 1999); James H. Grayson, \u00abKorea: A Religious History\u00bb (Oxford 1989, 2002) and \u00abMyths and Legends from Korea\u00bb (Richmond 2001); Don Baker, \u00abKorean Spirituality\u00bb (Honolulu 2008); Hong-Key Yoon, \u00abThe Culture of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinese teaching on the harmonious arrangement of buildings and spaces.\" tabindex=\"0\">Fengshui<\/span> in Korea\u00bb (Lanham 2006); Laurel Kendall, \u00abShamans, Housewives, and Other Restless Spirits\u00bb (Honolulu 1985) and \u00abShamans, Nostalgias and the IMF\u00bb (Honolulu 2009); Boudewijn Walraven, \u00abSongs of the Shaman\u00bb (London 1994); Antonetta Bruno, \u00abThe Gate of Words\u00bb (Leiden 2002); Hyun-key Kim Hogarth, \u00abKorean <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A religious system in which specialists communicate with the spirit world.\" tabindex=\"0\">Shamanism<\/span> and Cultural Nationalism\u00bb (Seoul 1999); Daniel Kister, \u00abKorean Shamanist <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A regulated sequence of symbolic acts with religious or cultural meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">Ritual<\/span>: Symbols and Dramas of Transformation\u00bb (Budapest 1997).<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sansin, Korean mountain god Sansin is a Korean mountain god whose shrines stand on sacred mountains and who watches over the land, forest and wildlife of his domain. 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