Yeongcheon Jo Relief-carved

Perched on a cliff above the Geumho River, Yeongcheon Jo Relief-carved is also known as Myeongwollu Pavilion or Seoseru Pavilion. It was built in 1363, the 12th year of King Gongmin of Goryeo, by Yi Yong, who was then the local magistrate. It was later destroyed by fire during the Japanese invasions of 1592, and the present building was rebuilt in 1638, the 16th year of King Injo. It measures five kan across the front and three kan along the side, a kan being the traditional unit of bay spacing between columns, with a hipped-and-gabled paljak roof whose profile resembles the Chinese character for "eight." Inside the pavilion hang more than seventy poems, including "Cheonggye Seokbyeok" (Clear Stream, Stone Cliff) by Jeong Mong-ju, pen name Poeun. Yeongcheon Jo Relief-carved is regarded as a symbol of the culture of the Yeongcheon region and is counted among the seven great pavilions of Yeongnam, the southeastern region of Korea.

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Where it is

Region

Yeongcheon, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산