Comments on: Tis Again the Season to Venerate Mountains

By: » Buddist and Shamanist Mountain Ceremonies | Socius in Daejeon

» Buddist and Shamanist Mountain Ceremonies | Socius in Daejeon — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:32:14 +0000

[...] From Sanshinseon over at the Marmot’s Hole: All of the events will take place in front of, inside of and behind Shinwon-sa Temple on the western side of Gyeryong-san National Park (which is west of Daejeon City). Shinwon-sa is within the southern border of Gongju City, and so the best way to get there is to take a public highway bus to Gongju (from Seoul or wherever), and then a city bus from Gongju Terminal to Shinwon-sa (they run frequently). If you have a car, it’s better. [...]

By: pixel

pixel — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:59:41 +0000

Going up on the Daejeon info site. Thanks for the heads-up! I have wanted to take one of these in for a long time and have kept missing them.

By: sanshinseon

sanshinseon — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:50:59 +0000

Thanks Mike!

By: Mike in Gongju

Mike in Gongju — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:41:51 +0000

Just a bit of extra information on buses in Gongju:

The bus to Shinwon-sa from Gongju leaves from the OLD terminal, which is downtown, next to the market). Buses from Seoul and almost everywhere else arrive at the NEW terminal or the express terminal (next to each other) on the other side of the river - it’s easiest to take a taxi from there to the old terminal. Some buses from Daejeon stop at the old terminal.

By: sanshinseon

sanshinseon — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:38:00 +0000

That search found 129 hits, so i clearly can’t clain invention… Fixed now, thanks for pointing it out.

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:18:32 +0000

Looks like you’ve just invented a new word:

http://www.google.com/search?h.....gle+Search

By: sanshinseon

sanshinseon — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:48:03 +0000

I’m going to the Gyeryong-san Mountain Spirit Festival with some of my friends, will leave in my car Friday evening, and will meet up Sat AM at the site with whoever else wants to attend. You can give this information to anybody you know interested in going. I’m happy to provide directions, explanation and advice for seeing the events to anyone.

All of the events will take place in front of, inside of and behind Shinwon-sa Temple on the western side of Gyeryong-san National Park (which is west of Daejeon City). Shinwon-sa is within the southern border of Gongju City, and so the best way to get there is to take a public highway bus to Gongju (from Seoul or wherever), and then a city bus from Gongju Terminal to Shinwon-sa (they run frequently). If you have a car, it’s better.

The main events begin on Saturday morning at 10am with a Neo-Confucian mountain-Spirit ritual, and then Shamanic mountain-Spirit rituals (Sanshin-kut) on that afternoon. There will be kind of a party with traditional music in the evening.

On Sunday will be another /kut/ of some kind at 2-4 in the afternoon, but otherwise all day are just some Festival-style performances of traditional and popular entertainment culture (like farmers music and pop-songs). Assuming good weather, i myself will probably take the opportunity to go hiking on the mountain, to some other temples.

The large and spectacular Buddhist Mountain-Spirit ritual will be held on Monday morning starting at 10am, finishing around 1. There’s a final “Village Sanshin-je Kut” on that afternoon 2-4pm, but i will probably drive back to Seoul later that afternoon.

There are a couple of yeogwans (motels) right at the site outside the entrance of Shinwon-sa, and another a bit further down the entrace road that i stay at (as it’s quieter at night) — but i can’t remember the name! Others are around, including minbaks close by, other motels farther out, all price-ranges.

Anyone interested in this can contact me at 011-9743-9753 or mntnwolf@yahoo.com for further information and to arrange meet-ups.