HJ Heaven and Earth CheonBo Training Center

From the 1960s onward, the True Parents devoted tremendous jeongseong (devotion) to establishing the foundation for a Cheon Il Guk community where people of every race, culture, religion, and nation could live together in harmony. Centering on the area surrounding Cheongpyeong Lake (which we call “Cheonshim Lake”) in Gapyeong County, Gyeonggi Province, they laid the providential foundation through prayer, fishing, and a life of continual devotion. Living in tents, they pioneered the land around the lake and prepared it as the future center of Heaven’s providence.

“I traveled throughout the mountains and valleys of all eight provinces of Korea. In the 1960s I sent you out to places throughout the country and I explored all the noteworthy mountains in Korea. As I explored, I asked myself, “Where should I place the anchor of the Unification Church? Where should I lay this foundation?” A good place certainly must run along a lake. The shores of the Eastern Sea are too far from Seoul. The western seashore is also not good, because several cities are concentrated along it. Also, because the tidal variation is extreme, mudflats appear at ebb tide, and at high tide everything is covered with muddy water. Since I was looking to choose a place that was at least 30 minutes away from Seoul, I came to choose Songsan-ri in the village of Seorak. That area is wonderful. I chose a spot in the very best area of the Cheongpyeong area.” (True Father, Original Cheongpa-dong Headquarters Church, 22 Dec 1970)

On June 17, 1971, True Parents broke ground for the construction of the Won Seongjeon (original sanctuary). True Parents said that this Cheongpyeong Training Center would become the final holy sanctuary in the providential history. From the beginning of the excavation work until the completion of the building, True Parents devoted extraordinary jeongseong (devotion), visiting the construction site every day to oversee the progress. Twenty-eight candidates for church leadership who had been attending a workshop at the Central Training Center in Guri, Gyeonggi Province, became members of the construction team. Living and working together at the site, they labored day and night. From building the retaining walls to carpentry, installing the ondol heating system, and digging the well, True Parents personally supervised and instructed every stage of the work.

At first, professional stonemasons were hired to build the retaining walls. However, whenever it rained, they failed to come to work, so True Parents personally took charge of the project. Leading the construction team themselves, they carefully taught the members how to place each stone and the proper techniques for building the wall. Following their guidance, the members completed the retaining wall. Later, during the rainy season, floodwaters rose until they covered the courtyard before suddenly receding. All of the retaining walls built by the professionals collapsed, whereas the wall built under True Parents’ direction remained completely intact. Everyone who witnessed this was astonished. Through this, True Parents demonstrated that, because their understanding of God’s world is so deep, anything can be accomplished if we become one with their shimjeong.

As construction neared completion, on July 6, 1971, the roofing panels that had been ordered failed to arrive. True Father personally went to obtain them, finally bringing it by boat at around 11:30 that night. The construction team worked in torrential rain to lay the panels and complete the roof. The finishing work was completed so quickly that people nearby referred to it as an enchanted building. Under the direct supervision of True Parents, construction continued despite the severe weather, and on July 12, the Won Seongjeon (original sanctuary) was completed, marking the beginning of the formation stage of CheonBo providence.

In the early 1970s, True Parents planned and conducted Divine Principle seminars for Christian ministers and university professors. On July 12, 1971, the very day that the Won Seongjeon (original sanctuary) was completed at the Cheongpyeong Training Center, a National Summer Workshop for Christian Ministers was held as scheduled with 28 ministers in attendance.

On July 10, 1972, True Parents went to the top of Mt. Jangrak and gave new names to many locations in the area. All of the new names began with Cheon (heaven) and they included names for a lake, a guest house, fifteen mountains, three plateaus and a riverside beach.

The renamed locations were Cheonshim Lake (天心湖), Cheonyu-jang Cottage (天遊莊), Cheonsa-jang Beach (天砂場), Cheonseung-dae Plateau (天勝臺), Cheonin-dae Plateau (天引臺), Cheonui-dae Plateau (天衛臺), Mt. Cheonan (天案山), Mt. Cheonmun (天門山), Mt. Cheonyeong (天迎山), Mt. Cheoneung (天應山), Mt. Cheonye (天譽山), Mt. Cheonhyeon (天現山), Mt. Cheonhyang (天向山), Mt. Cheonho (天好山), Mt. Cheonweon (天援山), Mt. Cheonsu (天守山), Mt. Cheonseon (天善山), Mt. Cheonryong (天龍山), Mt. Cheonseong (天聖山: Heaven’s Saint), Mt. Cheonseong (天城山: Heaven’s Castle) and Mt. Cheonseong (天成山: Heaven’s Fulfillment).

The Cheongpyeong holy ground is surrounded by mountains, and it is an example of the famous Geumhwanrakji (金環落地) in feng shui terms. True Parents named Mt. Jangnak, located to the east of the Cheongpyeong Training Center, Mt. Cheonseong (Heaven’s Saint). It is the highest mountain of the Cheongpyeong holy ground.

True Parents opened the first stage of ancestor liberation through the foundation of jeongseong (devotion) they had established at the Cheongpyeong holy ground, thereby laying the foundation for opening the gates of the spirit world. On August 5, 1973, under the direction of the True Parents, the liberation ceremony for the Moon Clan was held at the Cheongpyeong Training Center.

On May 1, 1975, under the direction of the True Parents, the Ceremony of Total Liberation was held at the Cheongpyeong Training Center. True Parents explained that they conducted this ceremony at the Cheongpyeong holy ground because it is the center of the international providential foundation, the place where all spiritual fortune converges, and the place where Heaven’s most important providential issues are to be resolved.

On November 2, 1978, at the Cheongpyeong Training Center, True Parents conducted the Ceremony to Proclaim the Liberation of the Moon Tribe and the World Tribe, proclaiming the liberation of both the Moon tribe and the tribes of the world. Through this providence, True Parents taught that the barriers of the spirit world had been broken down and that the spiritual and physical worlds had become connected as one, making it possible for ancestors to return freely wherever they were needed.

Having carried forward together with True Father the providence of creating the environment at the Cheongpyeong holy ground, True Mother revealed a concrete vision for Hyojeong Cheonwon at the Hyojeong Cheonwon Special Assembly Hosted by the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind, held at Cheon Jeong Gung on July 1, 2016. She explained that Hyojeong Cheonwon is the garden of Heaven where the citizens of Cheon Il Guk attend Heavenly Parent and True Parents and live lives of hyojeong (filial heart).

“Through Hyojeong Cheonwon, we must show humanity what the kingdom of heaven on earth—the Garden of Eden that God has dreamed of—looks like. The people who live here should become one through high noon settlement, living without any shadows. With one heart and one purpose, we must offer joy and glory to Heaven and do our utmost to realize the one world that Heavenly Parent desires. Day by day, we should offer gratitude to Heaven from the position of those who have received the Blessing. Because you live at the center of the Garden of Eden, you must become the central model and standard for the entire world. I hope that members from every nation and people throughout the world will be able to say, “If we live and act like those people, that is enough.”” (Cheon Jeong Gung, 1 Jul 2016)

“You know the meaning of Hyojeong Cheonwon. Cheonwon means Heaven’s garden.” (Cheongshim International Youth Training Center, 5 Feb 2017)

Thereafter, True Mother devoted herself wholeheartedly to creating the environment through which Hyojeong Cheonwon could become the true homeland of all humankind. That long course of providential preparation finally reached its culmination in the Entrance Ceremony into the Cheon Won Gung Cheonil Sanctum. On April 13, 2025, the historic ceremony was held with great solemnity at Cheon Won Gung and the Cheongshim Peace World Center before some 50,000 leaders, blessed families, and members from around the world, while being broadcast live to 194 nations. On that historic day, which proclaimed a new springtime for Cheon Il Guk, Holy Mother Han, True Mother, declared:

“From this day forward, please embrace and love Your children without reserve. Under Your sovereignty, this world will now be set in order, one step at a time, and a world of One Family of Humankind under Heavenly Parent, attending Heavenly Parent through true love, will surely unfold. In the name of Holy Mother Han, I proclaim before heaven and earth that the gates of Heaven and the gates of the Kingdom of Heaven in Cheon Il Guk now stand wide open.” (Proclamation at the Entrance Ceremony into Cheon Won Gung Cheonil Sanctum, 13 Apr 2025)

Cheon Won Gung is the holy sanctuary where all humanity can learn about and experience the life and accomplishments of the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind and be reborn into new life. The Cheonil Sanctum is the central sanctuary where Heavenly Parent dwells. The Entrance Ceremony into the Cheon Won Gung Cheonil Sanctum marks the providential day on which Heavenly Parent came to dwell substantially on earth in the Cheon Il Guk era, restoring not only the position of Heavenly Father but also the standing of Heavenly Mother. Speaking from this providential perspective, True Mother said:

“Through the True Parents, the dream of Heavenly Parent, awaited for 6,000 years, and the hope of humankind can finally be fulfilled. We have now reached the time when we can dedicate the Cheon Won Gung Cheonil Sanctum, where Heavenly Parent can dwell together with us on earth.” (Lotte Hotel World, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 3 May 2023)

“Today, for the first time in the 6,000-year providential history and the 6,000 years since the Human Fall, we have entered this golden age in which, through the Entrance Ceremony into the Cheon Won Gung Cheonil Sanctum, we attend Heavenly Parent and can live together with Heavenly Parent on earth. … The 13-year course from the Proclamation of Foundation Day to the Entrance Ceremony into the Cheon Won Gung Cheonil Sanctum, known fully only to Heaven, has at last culminated in the era of Heavenly Parent’s direct governance and in the age of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, where we attend Heavenly Parent in substantial form.” (Cheon Jeong Gung, 31 Aug 2025)

Holy Mother Han, True Mother, explained that Cheon Won Gung is the holy temple that fulfills Heavenly Parent’s long-cherished hope and reveals the reality of Cheon Il Guk, while the Cheonil Sanctum is the true dwelling place where Heavenly Parent, the Owner of the new age, has settled and dwells together with God’s children on earth. She further explained that the Entrance Ceremony into the Cheon Won Gung Cheonil Sanctum completed the environment in which Heavenly Parent can be attended in substantial form on earth. It marked the opening of the era in which Heavenly Parent works directly, and it is the victorious fruit of expanding throughout the world the ideal of One Family of Humankind under Heavenly Parent, together with the future leaders among the blessed second and third generations.

“When I proclaimed Cheon Il Guk, I knew that Cheon Won Gung also had to be built. Once a new age has been proclaimed, there must be a home where its Owner can dwell. There must be a true foundation. That is why the Cheonil Sanctum, dedicated to Heavenly Parent, had to be established.” (Cheon Jeong Gung, 26 Apr 2021)

“I will love the first, second, third, and fourth generations forever. Therefore, you are truly blessed children. In 2025, through the Entrance Ceremony into the Cheon Won Gung Cheonil Sanctum, the environment will be completed in which Heavenly Parent can dwell on earth. This means that the Creator, Heavenly Parent, will work substantially on earth together with True Parents. In this there is also a responsibility for blessed families and for all of you. After humanity has been longing and waiting for 6,000 years, you have received the Blessing through True Parents as members of the blessed second and third generations.” (Cheon Jeong Gung, 27 Jul 2024)