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{{Short description|Korean new religious movement}}
'''Poch'ongyo''' (from [[Korean language|Korean]] - ''Universal Religion'') is a [[religion]] of [[Korea]].
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hangul=보천교|
hanja=普天敎|
rr=Bocheon-gyo|
mr=Poch'ŏn-gyo|
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'''Bocheonism''' ({{Korean|hangul=보천교|rr=Bocheongyo|mr=Pochonkyo}}, "religion of the vault of heaven/firmament") was one among more than 100 [[new religious movements]] of [[Korea]] of the family of religions called [[Jeungsanism]], rooted in [[Korean shamanism]]<ref>Lee Chi-ran, p. 24</ref> and recognizing [[Gang Il-sun]] (Kang Jeungsan) as the incarnation of [[Sangje]], the Supreme God. It was founded by Cha Gyeong-seok (1880–1936) on Ibam Mountain in Daeheung-ri, Ibam-myeon, [[Jeongeup]], [[North Jeolla Province]], in the year 1911. Today this site is part of [[Naejangsan]] National Park.
Cha Gyeong-seok was originally a [[Donghak]] ([[Cheondoist]]) priest, who converted to [[Jeungsanism]] after meeting [[Gang Il-Sun]]. After Gang's death, Goh Pan-Lye (Subu, literally “Head Lady,” 1880–1935, although in Kang's circle there was more than one "Subu"), a female disciple of Kang Jeungsan, around September 1911 gathered around her a number of Kang's followers. Cha Gyeong-seok was Goh's male cousin and became the leader of Goh's branch. Dissatisfied with this situation, Goh separated from Cha in 1919 and established her own new religion.<ref>See Lee Kang-o, “Chungsan-gyo: Its History, Doctrine and Ritual,” ''Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch'' 43 (1967): 28-66</ref> Cha continued under the name Bocheon-gyo, which was adopted in 1921, at a great ritual held in [[Hamyang County]], [[South Gyeongsang Province]].
Eventually, Bocheonism became the largest Korean new religious movement and possibly the largest religion in Korea, with some six million followers,<ref>Robert Pearson Flaherty, “Korean Millennial Movements,” in ''The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism'', edited by [[Catherine Wessinger]], Oxford: Oxford University Press 2016,{{ISBN|978-01-953010-5-2}}, 326-347 (335).</ref> including leading activists in the [[Korean independence movements]]. Bocheonism, however, declined rapidly after Cha's death in 1936, and fragmented into several competing group, as did Goh's organization. The largest among these branches is [[Jeung San Do]].
Cha prophesied that the unification of the world would take place beginning in Korea. Branches of Bocheonism are also credited with encouraging local culture in the Jeongeup region, including the pungmulgut performance tradition.


==See also==
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* [[Cheondoism]]
* [[Jeungsanism]]
* [[Jeung San Do]]
* [[Daesun Jinrihoe]]
* [[Okhwangsangje]]


==Sources==
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[[Category:Religion in Korea]]
* Kim Jaeyoung. ''Bocheongyo and Religions of Korea''. Shin Achulpansa, 2010. Korean language only. {{ISBN|8959257052}}
* Lee Chi-ran. Chief Director, Haedong Younghan Academy. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124433/http://manak.org.in/wp-content/uploads/pdf-manak/The%20Emergence%20of%20National%20Religions%20in%20Korea.pdf The Emergence of National Religions in Korea]''.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090409071830/http://www.jsd.or.kr/jsd.net/ 증산도 공식 홈페이지]

[[Category:New religious movements]]
[[Category:North Jeolla Province]]
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[[Category:1911 establishments in Korea]]
[[Category:Jeung San Do]]


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Latest revision as of 18:39, 28 March 2024

Bocheonism
Hangul
보천교
Hanja
普天敎
Revised RomanizationBocheon-gyo
McCune–ReischauerPoch'ŏn-gyo

Bocheonism (Korean: 보천교; RR: Bocheongyo; MR: Pochonkyo, "religion of the vault of heaven/firmament") was one among more than 100 new religious movements of Korea of the family of religions called Jeungsanism, rooted in Korean shamanism[1] and recognizing Gang Il-sun (Kang Jeungsan) as the incarnation of Sangje, the Supreme God. It was founded by Cha Gyeong-seok (1880–1936) on Ibam Mountain in Daeheung-ri, Ibam-myeon, Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province, in the year 1911. Today this site is part of Naejangsan National Park. Cha Gyeong-seok was originally a Donghak (Cheondoist) priest, who converted to Jeungsanism after meeting Gang Il-Sun. After Gang's death, Goh Pan-Lye (Subu, literally “Head Lady,” 1880–1935, although in Kang's circle there was more than one "Subu"), a female disciple of Kang Jeungsan, around September 1911 gathered around her a number of Kang's followers. Cha Gyeong-seok was Goh's male cousin and became the leader of Goh's branch. Dissatisfied with this situation, Goh separated from Cha in 1919 and established her own new religion.[2] Cha continued under the name Bocheon-gyo, which was adopted in 1921, at a great ritual held in Hamyang County, South Gyeongsang Province. Eventually, Bocheonism became the largest Korean new religious movement and possibly the largest religion in Korea, with some six million followers,[3] including leading activists in the Korean independence movements. Bocheonism, however, declined rapidly after Cha's death in 1936, and fragmented into several competing group, as did Goh's organization. The largest among these branches is Jeung San Do. Cha prophesied that the unification of the world would take place beginning in Korea. Branches of Bocheonism are also credited with encouraging local culture in the Jeongeup region, including the pungmulgut performance tradition.

See also

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Sources

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  • Kim Jaeyoung. Bocheongyo and Religions of Korea. Shin Achulpansa, 2010. Korean language only. ISBN 8959257052
  • Lee Chi-ran. Chief Director, Haedong Younghan Academy. The Emergence of National Religions in Korea.

References

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  1. ^ Lee Chi-ran, p. 24
  2. ^ See Lee Kang-o, “Chungsan-gyo: Its History, Doctrine and Ritual,” Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch 43 (1967): 28-66
  3. ^ Robert Pearson Flaherty, “Korean Millennial Movements,” in The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism, edited by Catherine Wessinger, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2016,ISBN 978-01-953010-5-2, 326-347 (335).
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