The altar remains of the feudal Joson age have been newly discovered at the vertex of a talus in Hyangdo Peak Basin by Lake Chon on the top of Mt. Paektu.
The base of the altar remains is almost square with each side of 36 meters while the surface is 15 meters long and 12 meters wide. The remains are approximately nine meters thick.
Two inscriptions were found there. One was on a flat oval-shaped natural rock of about 140 centimeters in length and 80 centimeters in width while the other was on a plain rock 26 centimeters long and 20 centimeters wide.
The former consists of 25 characters and the latter has 26 letters. The summary of these two inscriptions implies that various kinds of memorial services were held there during the feudal Joson dynasty.
The altar remains are of great significance in studying the history of Mt Paektu more deeply.
The remains, a material evidence that Korean ancestors set up an altar for memorial services on Mt. Paektu as early as in ancient times, prove that Korean nation has historically regarded Mt. Paektu as the ancestral mountain and the holy mountain of the nation.
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