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4 unusual facts about Daejonggyo


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After the liberation of Korea, Daejonggyo was revived, although it remains a minor religion.

Daejonggyo considered October 3 in the Korean calendar as Gaecheonjeol (개천절, 開天節, "Festival of the Opening of Heaven").

Dangun is worshipped today as a deity by the followers of Cheondogyo, and Daejonggyo.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with a resurgence in Korean nationalism after repeated outside foreign incursions and the beginning of colonial rule in 1910 to 1945, the movement was revived in Daejonggyo (대종교; 大宗敎).


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