Chungnyeolsa Shrine, Ganghwa

Located in Seonhaeng-ri, Seonwon-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, Chungnyeolsa Shrine enshrines the spirit tablets of 29 loyal subjects, including Kim Sang-yong, who died defending the country during the Byeongja horan, the Manchu invasion of 1636, and during the Sinmiyangyo, the 1871 clash with American forces. It was built in 1641 (the 19th year of King Injo) and originally called Hyeonchungsa Shrine; in 1658 (the 9th year of King Hyojong) it received the name Chungnyeolsa from the king, and Heo Hwi, the Yusu, or governor, of Ganghwa, changed its name accordingly. Kim Sang-yong, during the Byeongja horan of 1636, took charge of the royal ancestral tablets and accompanied the queen consort and the crown prince's eldest son in taking refuge on Ganghwado Island; when the fortress fell the following year, he set fire to the gunpowder store at the fortress's South Gate tower and died a martyr's death. When Chungnyeolsa Shrine was first built, seven men in all were enshrined there; later Hwang Seon-sin and Gang Heung-eop were added, bringing the number of enshrined tablets to nine, and a stele recording the shrine's history was then erected. Later still, loyal subjects who fought against American forces during the Sinmiyangyo were also enshrined, so that a total of 28 spirit tablets are now held there. Of the shrine's original teaching spaces, Myeongnyundang Hall and its east and west dormitories no longer survive. The buildings that remain today are a 14-pyeong shrine hall of Korean-style wooden construction with a gabled (matbae) roof, a 16-pyeong guard's quarters, a 14-pyeong ritual preparation hall, a stele pavilion, and an outer three-bay gate; the site was repaired and restored in 1977, in the form it retains today.

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Where it is

Region

Ganghwa, Incheon

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산