Changnyang Tomb, Tongyeong

This shrine enshrines the spirit tablet and portrait of Admiral Yi Sun-sin (1545-1598), who won great victories during the Imjin War. Changnyang means "to cut through and build a bridge"; the name recalls how Japanese troops, routed after their crushing defeat in the Battle of Dangpo, fled through the narrow channel between Mireukdo Island and the Tongyeong Peninsula, cutting rock to make a bridge as they escaped. When Yi Sun-sin, who had achieved brilliant feats during the Imjin War, was killed in action at the Battle of Noryang in 1598, the 31st year of King Seonjo, the local people, grieving his death, built a thatched hall on the hill overlooking Changnyang and devotedly enshrined him there in honour of his loyalty and achievements — the origin of this shrine. Later, in 1877, the 14th year of Emperor Gojong, when Yi Gyu-seok, Yi Sun-sin's tenth-generation descendant, served as naval commander-in-chief (tongjesa), the thatched hall was rebuilt with a tiled roof, and a school called Hosangje was established to educate the children of local people. An east wing was newly built in 1979 and caretaker's quarters in 1980, giving the complex the form of a Confucian academy (seowon). At Chungnyeolsa Shrine, another shrine to Yi Sun-sin, rites are held in spring and autumn, while at this shrine a memorial rite (gisinje) is held every year on the 19th day of the eleventh lunar month, the anniversary of the admiral's death.

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Where it is

Region

Tongyeong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물