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Taeiljeon, a building constructed in Mount Baekhwa in Taean in 1479 (the tenth years of King Seongjong’s reign) of the early Choson Dynasty is a very historic ruin. Although it was demolished in 1518 along with the closure of the Sogyeokseo, a national Taoist temple, it had a significant on the folk culture of Taean and the Baekhwa Mountain area. Nevertheless, little research has been carried out about it in earnest. This study discussed the reason why Taeiljeon rite, a national Taoist rite, had been held on the easternmost coast of Chungcheongbuk-do, and examined the transmission of folk culture in Taean area before and after the construction of Taeiljeon. Indeed, within the Baekhwa Mountain fortress are several sites where buildings stood. However, sites that meet the condition of Taeiljeon site that it was a flat place located high to the north of Goseong temple situated in the southwest of Mount Baekhwa are limited in number. That is, the spot that is called Taeiljeon site today is the flat 660-square-meter space located about 400 meters northeast of Taeeulam and about 200 meters above Taean Maae Buddha Triad. The information that the spot was Taeiljeon site has been handed down orally from generation to generation. The history of Taeiljeon has been rarely affected by the necessity and request of Taean. Rather, the assertion that it was “chosen by other people” is closer to the truth. However, this historic event in 1469 exerted a significant impact on the culture of Taean and Baekhwa Mountain area, though it might have been coincidence.