Author's Preface: Space Rules Time and Man

spring

The Secret of a Temple Visited by World-renowned Chefs _ Jinkwansa Temple in Jinkwan-dong, Seoul
The mountain of the gods that illuminated the sea route, a place where the energy of the maekbanseok gathers _ Wolchulsan Mountain in Yeongam, Jeollanam-do
The rock that gave birth to three tycoons - Namgang Sotbawi in Uiryeong, Gyeongnam
The place where Seosan Daesa's teachers studied _ Byeoksongsa Temple in Hamyang, Gyeongnam
The site chosen by Jinpyo Yulsa, the founder of the Maitreya faith _ Geumsansa Temple, Gimje, Jeollabuk-do 1
From Baekje refugees to the people of Jeolla Province, where they waited for the Messiah - Geumsansa Temple in Gimje, North Jeolla Province 2
A white Buddha in a geomantic site where the energy of Bukhansan Mountain is concentrated like a fruit at the end of a branch… _ Okcheonam, Hongun-dong, Seoul
The Battle at the Most Powerful Temple in Jirisan _ Hwaeomsa Temple in Gurye, Jeollanam-do

summer

When you come here, your worries melt away like snow melting away _ Hyangil-am, Yeosu, Jeollanam-do
If you're feeling burnout, find the water where dragons play - Jirisan Yongyu Dam
Hidden gems in a bottle hole - Beopgyesa Temple in Jirisan Mountain 1
Why did the two-thousand-year-old goddess of Yeosan settle in a Buddhist temple? _ Beopgyesa Temple, Jirisan Mountain, Part 2
A place that hot-tempered and impatient people should visit occasionally - Seongryu Cave in Uljin, Gyeongbuk
The place where the pulse of Nogodan came down and stopped _ Yonghojeong Pavilion in Gurye, Jeollanam-do
The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty: A Site That Avoided All Harm _ Anguk Temple in Muju, Jeollabuk-do
A place of practice for Taoists hidden deep in the mountains - Myohyangam Temple in Jirisan Mountain
Why is the Sanshin-gak, a shrine dedicated to the deity of the temple, located higher than the Daeungjeon? _ Sanshin-gak

autumn

The place where Yi Seong-gye received the king's 'Golden Ruler' _ Geumdangsa Temple in Maisan, Jeollabuk-do
If there's someone you find hard to forgive, go here - Dosol Am on Mt. Dalmasan
Sometimes we must befriend solitude - Jirisan Seoseokpyeongjeon 1
A mountain of the defeated, but a mountain that saves lives _ Jirisan Seoseokpyeongjeon 2
Praying here grants supernatural powers? _ Gyejoam Hermitage, Seoraksan Mountain
When you're feeling angry, ask the turtle rock at the water's edge. _ Geochang Susungdae Turtle Rock, Gyeongnam
A fortress guarded by iron fingers - Jirisan's Uisin Village and Wontongam
A hideout for cultivators and revolutionaries - Yeongoksa Temple in Jirisan
The place where a tree buried in mud 1,700 years ago was reborn as Buddha - Suhyosa Temple, Gogumdo, Wando, Jeollanam-do

winter

Jirisan's best viewpoint _ Jirisan Geumdaeam
The land that conceived the resilience of the people of Amtaedo _ Nomansa Temple, Amtaedo, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do
The identity of a three-thousand-year-old martial art revealed through the wolf boy of Seoraksan Mountain _ The text of Gyeryongsan Gicheonmun
The 'Old General' with 30 Caves _ Nojangdae, Jirisan
Joseon's strongest fortress on a rocky cliff, where the blood of Gyeongsang Province residents is bound together - Hwangseoksanseong Fortress in Hamyang, Gyeongsangnam-do
The Secret Hidden in the Octagonal Pillars of the Kitchen of Chunghyodang, Andong Old House _ Chunghyodang, Pungsan-eup, Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do

“Space influences humans!”
A customized trip to a famous place based on your occupation, temperament, and individual circumstances.

The biggest dividing line between humans and beasts is religion.
Primitive religion created a form of life called ritual and sacrifice, and was a powerful medium for forming a community.
The head of the nation performed a ritual in a land where spiritual energy flowed and asked for the will of heaven.
Shamanism was the most important political act.

Shamanism is broadly divided into three categories.
The Seven Stars, the Dragon King, and the Mountain God.
The people of the dry and vast desert followed the Seven Stars, who used the constellations of the night sky as a guide for their lives. The maritime people who traded by boat had a strong belief in the Dragon King, and in mountainous regions like ours, they relied on the mountain god.

In the mountain god belief system that values ​​topography, feng shui, which considers mountains, water, and directions, had to develop.
Feng Shui is a primitive discipline that seeks to uncover the secret storehouses of luck and energy hidden in nature.
Since time immemorial, people have searched for hidden acupuncture points in various places to preserve life, ensure the well-being of themselves and future generations, gain more wealth, change their fate, and open their inner eyes toward enlightenment.
It was believed that space influenced human history.

The place where shamans of the shamanistic faith prayed became a place of training for high-ranking monks when Buddhism was introduced during the Three Kingdoms period.
The early monks were shamans, Taoists, and masters of feng shui.
They used places where they could increase their magical and Buddhist powers as their training grounds, and during the Joseon Dynasty, temples that were driven out to the mountains due to the policy of promoting Confucianism and suppressing Buddhism were mostly located in places like these.

The author of this book, Cho Yong-heon, leads readers to the temples where great monks and Taoist priests practiced, the villages where great figures were born, the places that escaped chaos, the places where the people's wishes and aspirations gathered, the sites chosen by masters of feng shui, the final places where the energy of nature gathered, and the lands where the losers of history finally leaned.
Rather than simply visiting famous geomantic sites and sacred sites, we reveal the reasons why those sites are bound to be geomantic sites and sacred sites in the context of feng shui, astronomy, and the flow of history.
On the one hand, they also prescribe prescriptions that are tailored to each individual's circumstances.
People whose jobs involve handling money should go to places near the water, people who are usually angry should go to places with beautiful sunsets, and people who suffer from depression should go to places with strong rock energy.

“There’s a reason why it happened there!”
A journey through the humanities of Gangho, tracing the interconnectedness of land, people, and history.

Monks, who were a noble class even during the Goryeo Dynasty, were reduced to commoners during the Joseon Dynasty.
The temples that were near the palace and in the marketplace were all hidden in the mountains, away from the houses.
Ironically, from this time on, monks and temples began to settle on sacred grounds that had been passed down from ancient times.
Monks who practice in a strong temple form a dangchui.
Dangchwi was a secret society of monks, and from the perspective of the Confucian-respecting government, it was an anti-government force.
The term 'Ddaengchu', which is used to belittle someone who is not a good person, originated from this Dangchui.

Representative organizations include Geumgangsan Dangchwi, Myohyangsan Dangchwi, and Jirisan Dangchwi.
The well-known Seosan Ambassador and Samyeongdang were the leaders of the Tang Dynasty.
In times of emergency, Tangchwi established temples along appropriate routes to convey news, and exchanged information closely with each other.
If you can properly control the powerful energy of the land where the temple is located, you will become a great monk, but if you can't, you will become a martial arts monk.

The events that properly demonstrated the organizational power and military force of the Tang Dynasty were the Imjin War and the Byeongja War.
When the king and his ministers fled to Uiju to save their lives, the monks who stepped forward to protect the country were none other than the monks of Dangchui.
The irony of history unfolded as monks who had practiced and trained in the territory where they were driven out due to political oppression came to the forefront as protagonists in defending their country.

The land produces people.
From a feng shui perspective, it is no coincidence that the founders of Samsung, Goldstar (now LG), and Hyosung were born near Jeongam Rock, also known as Cauldron Rock, in Namgang, Uiryeong, Gyeongsangnam-do.
The story of a Taoist who woke up from his sleep on this rock and predicted that three wealthy people would be born in this area in the future was probably based on a mysterious interaction between the land and people.
Space is not just an object that remains passively, but is the most fundamental basis for various uses.

Author Jo Yong-heon says this:
“Human life is accomplished in three spaces.
Time, space, and humans.
Gan (間) is a gap.
Our world is woven like warp and weft in the gaps of time, space, and humanity.
Among these three spaces, the part that we can change with our will is space.
“Depending on the space you are in, the flow of time changes and the types of people you meet change.”

Feng Shui, the Five Elements, the Four Pillars of Destiny, and shamanism, which were labeled as “superstitions” by institutionalized religion and academia, were essential everyday tools for living in an uncivilized world.
Visiting the sacred sites and spiritual realms where countless people's prayers, wishes, and hopes have been gathered since the distant past is not stepping into an uncivilized world, but rather a journey to recover the raw and powerful primitiveness within us.
And it is the work of excavating the history of the people who lived on that land.
『Jo Yong-heon's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter』 leads us down that path.