Also called as Jeongjoksanseong Fortress, it is located in Incheon, Ganghwa-gun, Gilsang-myeon. Dangun was the legendary founder and god-king of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, around present-day Liaoning province in Northeast China and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. He is said to be the "grandson of heaven" and "son of a bear", and to have founded the kingdom in 2333 BCE.

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