Nongae Shrine

This shrine enshrines a portrait of Ju Nongae, who died a martyr's death during the Imjin War, and holds memorial rites for her. When Jinjuseong Fortress fell, Nongae lured an enemy Japanese general to the edge of the Nam River and leapt into the water together with him, drowning them both. The fact of Nongae's death for the country was at first passed down only by word of mouth, and later came to be recorded in writing when it was included in Yu Mong-in's Eou yadam. However, she was omitted from the Donguk sinsok samgang haengsildo, a book compiled during the Imjin War recording loyal subjects, filial sons and virtuous women, on the grounds that the chastity of a gisaeng (a female entertainer) could not be officially honoured. Regardless of this, the people of Jinju set up an altar on the riverbank to console Nongae's spirit, and worked to have a state memorial ceremony established for her. Their efforts finally bore fruit when, from the 16th year of King Yeongjo (1739), the state began to support a memorial rite held near Uiam Rock. From the 5th year of Emperor Gojong (1868), a large three-day memorial event including music and dance was held each year. The rite was suspended during the Japanese colonial period, but in 1954 the leading painter of the day, Kim Eun-ho, produced a portrait of Nongae based on historical research, and Vice President Ham Tae-yeong personally wrote the name board, as a shrine was built in Namsan Park. In 1973, plans for its sanctification were approved, and some 20,000 pyeong (about 66,000 square metres) of land were secured in Jangsu-eup, where the shrine was relocated; a wall and a three-gated entrance were built and the dancheong decoration was freshly and neatly finished. Today the third day of the ninth lunar month is designated as Jangsu County Residents' Day, and a large-scale memorial rite is held every year.

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Where it is

Region

Jangsu, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물