Dangun
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Dangun or Tangun (단군; 檀君; [tan.ɡun]), also known as Dangun Wanggeom (단군왕검; 檀君王儉; [tan.ɡun waŋ.ɡʌm]), was the legendary founder and god-king of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, around present-day Liaoning province in Northeast China and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. He is said to be the "grandson of heaven"[1] and "son of a bear",[2] and to have founded the kingdom in 2333 BC. The earliest recorded version of the Dangun legend appears in the 13th-century Samguk Yusa, which cites China's Book of Wei and Korea's lost historical record Gogi (고기; 古記; lit. 'Ancient Record').[3] However, it has been confirmed that there is no relevant record in China's Book of Wei. There are around seventeen religious groups that focus on the worship of Dangun.
Dangun | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 단군왕검 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Dangun Wanggeom |
McCune–Reischauer | Tan'gun Wanggŏm |
IPA | [tan.ɡun waŋ.ɡʌm] |
Koreans regard the day when Dangun founded Gojoseon, Korea's first dynasty, as a national holiday and call it Gaecheonjeol. The Gaecheonjeol is 3 October. It is a religious anniversary started by Daejonggyo (Korean: 대종교; Hanja: 大倧教) worshipping Dangun. Gaecheonjeol is a day to commemorate Dangun's founding of Gojoseon, but 3 October is not actually the date when Gojoseon was founded.
Many Korean historians regard Dangun and Tengri as being etymologically identical.[4]