Chuwonjae Hall

Chuwonjae Hall is a memorial hall built for ancestral rites to Kim Ja-su, sobriquet Sangchon, a loyal subject at the end of Goryeo. It was built in the late Joseon period and originally stood in Nosan-dong, but was moved to its present site in 1973 because of the construction of Andong Dam. Sangchon was born in Geumgok-dong, an area known as "Kim's Valley" because of the strong presence there of the Gyeongju Kim clan. When the political situation at the end of Goryeo grew turbulent, he gave up his official post and withdrew to live in his hometown of Andong. After Joseon was founded, King Taejong (r. 1400–1418) summoned him to court, but he refused to go out, and, leaving a will forbidding that any grave mound ever be raised over him, took his own life. He was on close terms with Yi Sung-in and Jeong Mong-ju, and, being an outstanding writer, has works of his included in the Dongmunseon, an anthology of Korean literary writing. The hall measures three bays across the front and three bays deep, and has a hipped-and-gabled roof whose sides, seen from the flank, resemble the shape of the character 八. A signboard hangs inside, along with a record written by Sangchon's fifteenth-generation descendant.

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Where it is

Region

Andong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산