Gimhae Kim Clan Stele Pavilion, Jinju

This building was erected to protect a stele. It stands beneath the north wall of Jinjuseong Fortress, at what was once the road leading to Hadong; that road is accordingly known as Bigak-geori (Stele Pavilion Street), or Bitjip-geori. The pavilion measures two bays across the front and one bay in depth, and is a single-storey timber building with a hipped-and-gabled (paljak) roof whose sides form a shape similar to the character 八 (eight). The two steles inside were erected respectively in the 5th year of the Gwangmu era (1901) and in 1907. They are steles of gratitude (sihyebulmangbi), raised by villagers in the time of Emperor Gojong to commemorate the kindness of Madam Cha of the Yeonan clan and her son Kim Jeong-sik, who used their own personal wealth to help people living within Jinjuseong Fortress when they suffered illness or hardship. This pavilion was built in the final period of the Korean Empire, and is important material for understanding the style of stele pavilions of that time.

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Where it is

Region

Jinju, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산