Eobyeondang Hall, Miryang

Eobyeondang Hall was a detached pavilion where General Park Gon, a military official of the early Joseon period, pursued his military studies. It was rebuilt during the reign of King Jungjong (1506-1544) by Yi Hwi-yeong, the magistrate of Miryang. Park Gon came first in the state examination at the age of twenty-one, and in 1436, the eighteenth year of King Sejong, he took part in the enthronement of the Ming emperor Yingzong. The emperor recognised his character and offered him an official post, but he declined it; instead he was given three beautiful women, by whom he had three sons who, it is said, took the surname Pyo and live on in China to this day. After returning home, from his forties onward he did not take up office again, but went back to his hometown, built Eobyeondang Hall, and spent the rest of his life there. The building has three bays across the front and one bay along the side, with a gabled roof shaped like the Chinese character for 'person'. In front of Eobyeondang Hall is a pond said to have been made by the general, called Jeogyongji. According to legend, he raised fish there out of filial devotion to his parents, and the fish, moved by his devotion, turned into a dragon and ascended to heaven, which is why the hall came to be called 'Eobyeondang', meaning 'the hall of the fish's transformation'.

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Miryang, Gyeongnam

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Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산