Geumdaejeongsa Temple

This building was constructed in 1736, the twelfth year of King Yeongjo of Joseon. It is a jaesil, a memorial hall used for ancestral rites, dedicated to Jo Su-do — eldest son of Jo Ji, a sixteenth-generation descendant of the Haman Jo clan who was posthumously honoured as Hyeongjo Panseo (Minister of Justice) — and to Jo Su-do's son Jo Ham-su, to Jo Ji's adopted heir Jo Dong-do, and to Jo Dong-do's son Jo Ham-sin. On the east side of the building once stood a shrine and a lecture hall where Confucian students studied, dedicated to Jo Ji, the clan's first settler in Cheongsong, and to his adopted heir Jo Dong-do. These were demolished in 1868, the fifth year of Emperor Gojong, under the order abolishing seowon academies, though the shrine survives today, renamed Umojeong Pavilion. Jaakjeong Pavilion, on the west side, was built in 1624, the second year of King Injo, by Jo Dong-do, who held the post of Bujeong (vice director) of the Jaeyonggam, and was expanded and restored in 1962.

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Where it is

Region

Cheongsong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산