The majestic Mausoleum of King Tangun stands at the picturesque foot of Mt Taebak in Kangdong County.

It is the tomb of Tangun, the founding father of Ancient Joson, the first state in the history of the Korean nation.

The mausoleum sprawls over 45 hectares.

It is divided into the section of the monument to reconstruction of the mausoleum, the stone statues section and the central section.

The first section includes the monument to reconstruction of the mausoleum, a stele dedicated to King Tangun, and gateposts.

The monument to reconstruction of the mausoleum consists of the body, head and pedestal.

The nine-tiered mausoleum is 22m high and one side of its stylobate is 50m long.

There are an offertory stone and an incense burner on the altar a little away from the basement wall of the tomb’s façade in the centre.

Stone tigers stand on four corners of the tomb.

There are stone posts on the left and right sides of the stylobate in front of stone tigers on two corners of the tomb’s façade.

There are stone lanterns on both sides of the steps to the altar.

There stand towers depicting a lute-shaped dagger, a typical weapon of Ancient Joson, on the outermost four corners of the central section.

Preserved in the mausoleum are the remains of Tangun and his wife.