Ori Yi Won-ik Yeongu

Ori Yi Won-ik Yeongu is a shrine enshrining the portrait of Yi Won-ik (1547–1634), a civil official of the mid-Joseon period. Yi Won-ik served as Chief State Councillor six times, from the reign of King Seonjo to that of King Injo, yet lived a plain and frugal life despite his rank. Shrines normally enshrine only a spirit tablet, but inside this yeongu a separate gamsil, a structure built specifically to house spirit tablets, portraits and the like, was made to enshrine the portrait. The shrine was built in 1693, the nineteenth year of King Sukjong, and King Sukjong bestowed on it a name plaque reading "Ori Yeongu." The plaque was written by Yi Gwan-jing (1618–1695) and records that the shrine was built in 1693 on the former site of Gwangamdang, which King Injo had granted [to Yi Won-ik]. The shrine now stands to the left of the Yi Won-ik head house, together with Gwangamdang, its sarangchae, or men's quarters. The shrine measures one bay across the front and two bays to the side, and has a gyeopcheoma, or double-eaved, matbae roof. The floor inside the shrine is laid as an umulmaru, the traditional Korean flooring method in which boards are arranged in a well-shaped, or '井', pattern.

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Where it is

Region

Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산