Central Jeju island, Jeju Province
Samseonghyeol (“three clans' holes”) Shrine, referring to the three cave holes in the middle of the forest where, according to legend, the forefathers of the Ko, Yang and Bu clans emerged to become the aboriginal Jeju islanders. They supposedly lived by hunting and gathering until they married three princesses of the Byeongnang Kingdom who taught them agriculture. It is said that they founded the Tamna Kingdom which ruled Jeju island before conquest by the mainland.
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Tue Jun 24, 2014