Chungnyeolsa Shrine, Tongyeong

This shrine was built to honour Yi Sun-sin, who achieved the greatest feats as Naval Commander during the Japanese invasions of Korea; because his main theatre of operations was centred on Hansando Island near Tongyeong, his spirit tablet came to be enshrined and memorial rites held here, together with Chungnyeolsa Shrine in Namhae. It was founded in the thirty-ninth year of King Seonjo (1606) by royal order, by the seventh Naval Commander Yi Un-yong, and in the fourth year of King Hyeonjong (1663) it received, together with Chungnyeolsa Shrine in Namhae, the royal plaque bearing the name 'Chungnyeolsa' bestowed by the king, making it a shrine granted an official royal-inscribed plaque. Thereafter, successive Naval Commanders held memorial rites here every spring and autumn. The grounds contain the main shrine hall, the front gate, the middle gate, the outer three-gated gate, the east and west study halls, Gyeongchungjae, Sungmudang, Ganghallu and an artefact exhibition hall. Many steles are also preserved on the grounds. The oldest is the memorial stele for the loyalty of Naval Commander Lord Chungmu, erected by the sixtieth Naval Commander Min Seom in the seventh year of King Sukjong (1681). There are also six steles for Naval Commanders descended from Yi Sun-sin, housed in two stele pavilions, together with separate stele pavilions for Naval Commanders Yi Un-yong, Kim Jung-gi and Yu Hyeong. The artefact exhibition hall displays items including the Myeongjo Palsapum, a treasure comprising eight gifts bestowed by Emperor Shenzong of Ming China, and the memorial text personally composed by King Jeongjo when he had the Complete Works of Lord Chungmu published and presented a set to Chungnyeolsa Shrine in Tongyeong.

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Where it is

Region

Tongyeong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Historic Site · 사적