Omokdaeimokdae Pavilion

Omokdae is the place where Yi Seong-gye stopped briefly on his triumphant return after decisively defeating Japanese pirates at Hwangsan, Unbong, in 1380, the sixth year of King U of Goryeo. To commemorate this, a stone monument was erected in 1900, the fourth year of the Gwangmu era of the Korean Empire. Its inscription, romanised as "Taejo Gohwangje Jupil-yuji," meaning "the site where Taejo, the High Emperor, briefly stayed," reproduces calligraphy written by Emperor Gojong himself. Imokdae is said to be the birthplace of Yi An-sa, later honoured posthumously as King Mokjo, the ancestor five generations before Yi Seong-gye. The Yi clan of Jeonju is said to have lived here continuously until Yi An-sa's time, after which they moved to Hamgyeong Province. In 1900, the fourth year of Gwangmu under Emperor Gojong, a stone monument inscribed with Gojong's own calligraphy reading "Mokjo Daewang Gugeo-yuji," meaning "the site of the former residence of the Great King Mokjo," was erected to mark this as the place where Mokjo had lived. This monument pavilion originally stood on high ground east of Omokdae, but was relocated here during road-widening works.

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Where it is

Region

Jeonju, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물