The seventh and the last scenery you can meet on Jeju Olle route 6 is 'Seogwi Bonhyangdang (서귀본향당)'.
The word 'Bonhyangdang' is commonly used on Jeju island, it's an unfamiliar word even for mainlanders though.
This Bonhyangdang Shrine in downtown Seogwipo was set up to honor the guardian deities who presided over such human affairs as childbirth, death, and the family registers of the living and dead in present-day Seogwidong (Seogwi village) and Donghongdong (Donghong village).
The deities of Seogwi Bonhyangdang are Boreumutdo (보름옷도) and Jisanguk (지산국).
Of the two, Boreumutdo is the second eldest of the nine brothers of the Hallasan Mountain Gods and is responsible for protecting the village of Seogwi.
Every guardian deity in each village has its story.
Here, the story goes like this.
'One day Boreumutdo found a matchless beauty while travelling all over the world. He had a huge crush on her at first sight, and visited her father to ask for marriage. However, he found that his wife was not the matchless beauty he had seen before, but an ugly lady, called 'Gosankuk'. He realized that his wife was the elder sister of the beautiful lady, called 'Jisankuk'. He secretly took 'Jisanguk', and ran away to Hallasan Mountain on Jeju. In search of her husband who ran away, Gosanguk also followed him to the Island. And then, a magic contest among the deities had begun~~ '
📍 Seogwi Bonhyangdang (서귀본향당)
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