Baekbaekgyo

The movement first started as an offshoot of the religion Baekdokyo, itself an offshoot of Cheondoism. Baekdokyo(백도교,白道敎) was founded in 1899, with its official organization in 1912 and was led by leader Jeon jeong ye, an individual who claimed to have received a revelation on the Kumgang mountains.[1]This Baekdogyo despite its proselytization projects was mostly run as a secret organization and amassed 10,000 followers. After Jeon, the leader, died in 1919, Jeon's second son Yonghae and a high priest of the religion at the time named Wookwang hyun secretly buried the body without telling the believers of the religion to prevent believers from leaving. A police investigation regarding the religion surrounding the case of victims of the religion led to the reveal of the secret burial, and Baekdogyo began to decline, and Leehuiryong, another high-level leader of the religion, decided to make a branch called Incheondo (人天道) in 1923. This led to Woo taking the remaining sect of the Baekdogyo and relaunching the religion as Baekbaekgyo in 1923.[2]

The movement believed in an apocalyptic theology and that chanting the mantras of Baekbaekbaekuiuiuijeokjeokjeokgameunggamgameunghasiopsungseong (백백백의의의적적적감응감감응하시옵숭성,白白白衣衣衣赤赤赤感應感感應하시옵崇誠) would lead to a long, diseaseless life. The movement requested its believers to dedicate their wealth to the religion, and send their daughters as servants for the founder.[3]

Through a police investigation 800 remains of dead people were found in Kangwon and Gyeonggi province in 1937,which were people who were murdered when they tried to go against the commands of the religious founder.All of the high staff of the religion was prosecuted for murder[3]

The incident was made into a movie with the same name in 1961 BaekBaekgyo and 1992 Baekbaekgyo.