The royal procession for the 2026 Jongmyo Daeje makes its way from Gwanghwamun in Seoul toward Jongmyo Shrine on Sunday. Jongmyo Daeje is the nation's highest ritual ceremony, held to honor the spirit tablets of the kings, queens, emperors, and empresses of the Joseon Dynasty and the Korean Empire. The ceremony was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2001. Photo by Cho Tae-hyung, May 3, 2026.
Original reporting by Cho Tae-hyung for Seoul Economic Daily.
AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.
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