Huyuldang Hall, Okcheon

This shrine enshrines the spirit tablet of Jo Heon (1544–1592), a civil official of the mid-Joseon period who served as a righteous army (uibyeong) commander during the Japanese invasions of 1592–98. When the invasions broke out in 1592 (the 25th year of King Seonjo), Jo Heon raised a righteous army of more than 1,600 men in Okcheon together with Kim Gyeong-baek and others, and, joining forces with the monk-soldier Yeonggyu, helped recapture Cheongju Fortress. However, his army was forcibly disbanded through the interference of Yun Geuk-hyeong, the Inspector-General of Chungcheong-do, and he went into the Battle of Geumsan Mountain with only around 700 men, all of whom were killed. The shrine building measures three kan across the front and one kan deep, with a hipped-and-gabled (paljak) roof that, seen from the side, resembles the shape of the Chinese character for "eight" (八). It is enclosed by a raised solitary gate and a stone wall, and in the courtyard stands a memorial pavilion to his son Jo Wan-gi, who tried to die in his father's place at Geumsan. The shrine holds 125 printing blocks of the Hangui Sinpyeon, carved in 1621 (the third year of King Gwanghaegun), 10 blocks of the Yurim Sipan, a set of poem boards composed by Confucian scholars, and a single royal edict said to have been issued by King Seonjo.

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Where it is

Region

Okcheon, Chungbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물