Seohyeonsa Temple Site

This is the site where the shrine of Bak Mun-hyo (1568–1593) once stood. Bak Mun-hyo was a descendant of Bak Won-jong, a meritorious subject of the Jungjong Restoration, and he held the post of jikjang in the Jongmyoseo, the office that administered Jongmyo Shrine. When the Imjin War broke out and King Seonjo fled to Uiju, Bak Mun-hyo accompanied the king; the following year, while returning to Seoul, he died a martyr's death at the age of twenty-six in fighting at Gaeseong. He was later granted the posthumous post of Ijo Chamui (Third Deputy Minister of Personnel) in the 17th year of King Sunjo (1817), following a petition from Confucian scholars of the Honam region. The shrine was first built in the 19th year of King Sunjo of Joseon (1819), but was demolished in the 5th year of Emperor Gojong (1868). Today, at the site of Seohyeonsa, there survive a jeongnyeo, a monument commending exemplary virtue, erected for his wife, Lady Song, and a yuheobi, a stele marking the site associated with him.

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Where it is

Region

Jeongeup, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물