Yukjeolryeo

This memorial shrine was built to honour the loyalty of six members of the family of Seo Ye-won, magistrate of Jinju, who died fighting the Japanese invaders during the Imjin War. In 1593, the 26th year of King Seonjo of Joseon, during the second Japanese invasion, Seo Ye-won held Jinjuseong Fortress with a small force and few weapons, defending it staunchly until he was ultimately killed in battle. His wife, Lady Yi, his eldest son Gye-seong, his daughter-in-law Lady No, and his young daughter also helped the soldiers day and night; when the fortress fell, they threw themselves into the Namgang River and took their own lives. His second son, Gye-cheol, also threw himself into the river but was captured by the Japanese and taken to Japan, from where he was able to return thirteen years later. After the loyalty of the Seo family came to light in 1678, the fourth year of King Sukjong, a jeongnyeogak, a memorial gate honouring loyalty and filial devotion, was built in 1692, the eighteenth year of King Sukjong, at the place where his descendants lived, to commemorate the family's loyalty and filial piety. The building measures four bays across the front and one bay to the side, and has a gable roof whose side takes the shape of the character 人 (person). It is built with ten round pillars, and its four walls are enclosed with long wooden bars painted red.

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Where it is

Region

Hoengseong, Gangwon

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산