Jeong Gi-ryong Janggun Site

This site contains the tomb of General Jeong Gi-ryong (1562-1622), a military official of the mid-Joseon period and founding ancestor of the Gonyang Jeong clan. Jeong Gi-ryong passed the military service examination in 1586, the 19th year of King Seonjo, and when the Japanese invasions of Korea broke out in 1592, he won major victories against Japanese forces in battles including Geochang, thereby defending the Honam region. He subsequently served as Towae-daejang, commander for the suppression of the Japanese, and as Right Army Commander of Gyeongsang Province, before rising to the position of Samdo Sugun Tongjesa, Naval Commander-in-Chief of the Three Provinces. In 1977, as part of the government's project to restore sites associated with patriotic historical figures, the tomb and its surroundings were cleared and cleaned, and Chungnyeolsa Shrine, dedicated to the general, together with a relics hall, was built here. The site also has a sindobi, a memorial stele recording a person's lifetime achievements erected by the roadside near a tomb, its text composed by Song Si-yeol and its calligraphy written by Yi Se-jae.

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Where it is

Region

Sangju, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물