Browsing the archives for the Dang Namu tag
The other week I posted on an upcoming concert at the Gyeongju Cultural Center (경주문화원) in honor of the changing leaves of the 500 year old ginkgo tree (은행 나무) on the premises. As it’s just a short stroll from my house, I manage to pop down there for about half an hour before running [...]
If you’ve spent any time touring the Korean countryside, you might have noticed a single gnarly old tree standing nearby a farm village here or there. These trees are actually called Dang-namu (당나무) and according to Korean folk religion (a form of Korean Shamanism) they are actually one of the village’s Dong-shin (동신), or guardian [...]
