Noseonggwolrisa Temple

This is a portrait shrine housing an image of Confucius. The name Gwolrisa derives from Gwolli, the village where Confucius was born and raised. In 1687, the thirteenth year of King Sukjong, Song Si-yeol, pen name Ueam, set out to build a Gwolrisa, but he died two years later without realising his plan. Later, in 1716, the forty-second year of King Sukjong, his disciples Gwon Sangha, Gim Manjun and Yi Geonmyeong built a Gwolrisa at the foot of Noseongsan Mountain, to the west of the present site, and enshrined a portrait of Confucius there the following year. In 1791, the fifteenth year of King Jeongjo, portraits of the Five Sages of the Song dynasty were also enshrined, and in 1805, the fifth year of King Sunjo, Provincial Governor Bak Yunsu moved the shrine to its present location. The shrine now standing has a front of three bays and a side of three bays, with a gabled roof that, seen from the side, forms the shape of the character 人 (person). Gwolrisa shrines also once stood at Gangneung, Jecheon and Hwaseong, but today only this one and the one at Hwaseong survive.

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Where it is

Region

Nonsan, Chungnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물