In the Joseon Dynasty, people were obsessed with Feng Shui for their ancestors’ graves, believing a good location brought fortune to the family.
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  • 87 points luckydrzew

    Have them cuddle in the coffin.

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    60 points StarChaser01

    And they were tombmates

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    34 points luckydrzew

    Oh god, they're tombmates

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    12 points TheDiamondKid621

    but then how do you determine who’s the small and big spoon?

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    13 points luckydrzew

    They cuddle face to face.

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  • 57 points Napisdog

    This implies the existence of a feng shui compass which would be legendary

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    54 points coinageFission

    Such a thing does indeed exist. It’s apparently called a yundo in Korean, and consists of a simple magnetic compass set in the center of a movable dial inscribed with concentric rings of feng shui direction information whose interpretation is far beyond my understanding.

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    18 points Napisdog

    Thank you for letting me know this, now I have to go down the rabbit hole of finding out how it works

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  • 90 points DefiantPosition

    On the plus side, at least the loser would die in a place with good Feng Shui.

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    3 points SnooPredilections843

    You need to be buried there with a proper burial to take the benefit 😸

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  • 24 points arcanehistorian

    Information about Sansong(산송, 山訟, lawsuit about family graves) : https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0076264

    In 18th century, a commoner buried his father around 30 steps(roughly 30 meters) of a prince(who died in 15th century)"s tomb, and his descendants filed a lawsuit. In the end, king decided to move commoners tomb, with no more punishment since the land turned into crop field for around a century, and the commoner did not know it was land belong to princes tomb.

    https://db.itkc.or.kr/dir/item?itemId=IT#dir/node?grpId=&itemId=IT&gubun=year&depth=5&cate1=1700&cate2=&dataGubun=%EC%B5%9C%EC%A2%85%EC%A0%95%EB%B3%B4&dataId=ITKC_IT_V0_A19_02B_19A_00240

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  • 15 points Parker813

    Feng Shui always seems to lead to conflicts in spite of the site being picked supposedly bringing good fortune.

    Myocheong's rebellion, Hong Gyeongnae's rebellion, the family feud between the Yun and Shim clan

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  • 12 points Lonewolf2300

    "There is no better spot for a grave!"

    "Yeah, that's why I buried my ancestor here."

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  • 5 points kay_bot84

    Grave robbing? Nah

    Grave relocating

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