Editing Goguryeo (section)

=== Religion ===
[[File:Ddol-mangM.jpg|thumb|200px|Mural of [[Black Tortoise]] of the [[Four Symbols]].]]
[[File:Korean three-legged bird mural.jpg|thumb|220px|A mural of a Chinese mythical animal, [[Three-legged crow|three-legged bird]] in a Goguryeo tomb.]]
Goguryeo people worshipped ancestors and considered them to be supernatural.<ref name="mygoguryeo">{{cite web|url=http://www.mygoguryeo.net/history01.htm|title=The Pride History of Korea|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528113348/http://www.mygoguryeo.net/history01.htm|archive-date=2007-05-28}}{{better source needed|reason=Link is broken, but judging from the URL and title, it looks like this was a questionable source even when it was live.|date=January 2018}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=Link is broken, but judging from the URL and title, it looks like this was a questionable source even when it was live.|date=January 2018}} [[Dongmyeong of Goguryeo|Jumong]], the founder of Goguryeo, was worshipped and respected among the people. There was even a [[Temple of King Dongmyeong|temple]] in [[Pyongyang]] dedicated to Jumong. At the annual Dongmaeng Festival, a religious rite was performed for Jumong, ancestors, and gods.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

Mythical beasts and animals were also considered to be sacred in Goguryeo. The [[Fenghuang]] and [[Loong]] were both worshipped, while the [[Three-legged crow|Sanzuwu]], the three-legged crow that represented the sun, was considered the most powerful of the three. Paintings of mythical beasts exist in Goguryeo king tombs today.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

They also believed in the '[[Four Symbols|Sasin]]', which were 4 mythical animals. [[Azure Dragon|Chungryong]] or Chunryonga (blue dragon) guarded the east, [[White Tiger (mythology)|baek-ho]] (white tiger) guarded the west, [[Vermilion Bird|jujak]] (red phoenix (bird)) guarded the south, and [[Black Tortoise|hyunmu]] (black turtle, sometimes with snakes for a tail) guarded the north.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

[[Buddhism]] was first introduced to Goguryeo in 372.<ref name="Harv|ScienceView|Unknown year">{{Harv|ScienceView}}</ref> The government recognized and encouraged the teachings of Buddhism and many monasteries and shrines were created during Goguryeo's rule, making Goguryeo the first kingdom in the region to adopt Buddhism. However, Buddhism was much more popular in [[Silla]] and [[Baekje]], which Goguryeo passed Buddhism to.<ref name="Harv|ScienceView|Unknown year"/>

[[Buddhism]], a religion originating in what is now [[India]], was transmitted to [[Korea]] via [[China]] in the late 4th century.<ref name="autogenerated13">{{cite web|title=Buddhist Sculpture |url=http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Korea/koreaonline/IntroSculpture.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530145726/http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Korea/koreaonline/IntroSculpture.htm |archive-date=30 May 2010 |access-date=2021-01-18|website=www.metmuseum.org}}</ref> The [[Samguk yusa]] records the following 3 monks among first to bring the [[Buddhist]] teaching, or [[Dharma]], to [[Korea]]: [[Malananta]] (late 4th century) – an [[India]]n [[Buddhist]] monk who brought Buddhism to [[Baekje]] in the southern [[Korea|Korean peninsula]], [[Shandao|Sundo]] – a Chinese monk who brought Buddhism to Goguryeo in northern Korea, and [[Ado (monk)|Ado]] monk who brought Buddhism to [[Silla]] in central Korea.<ref>"Malananta bring Buddhism to Baekje" in ''Samguk yusa'' III, Ha & Mintz translation, pp. 178–179.</ref>

''[[Xian (Taoism)|Xian]]'' and [[Taoism|Taoists]] seeking to become immortals were thought to aid in [[Fortune-telling|fortune telling]] and [[divination]] about the future.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Amore |first1=Roy C. |title=World Religions: Eastern Traditions |last2=Hussain |first2=Amir |last3=Narayanan |first3=Vasudha |last4=Singh |first4=Pashaura |last5=Vallely |first5=Anne |last6=Woo |first6=Terry Tak-ling |last7=Nelson |first7=John K. |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-19-542676-2 |editor-last=Oxtoby |editor-first=Willard Gurdon |edition=3rd |location=Donn Mills, Ontario |pages=317 |author-link2=Amir Hussain |author-link3=Vasudha Narayanan |author-link4=Pashaura Singh (Sikh scholar) |editor-last2=Amore |editor-first2=Roy C.}}</ref>