Naju Muyeolsa

This shrine was built in 1797, the twenty-first year of King Jeongjo of Joseon, to honour Bae Hyeon-gyeong (posthumous title Muyeol), Bae Jeong-ji (pen name Geumheon), and Bae Geuk-ryeom (posthumous title Jeongjeol), and was granted the name Muyeolsa by royal charter. Bae Hyeon-gyeong was a military official from Gyeongju who served under King Taejo of Goryeo. Active from the time of Gungye onward, he played a major part in the founding of Goryeo, for which he was ranked a First Merit Subject, and he gave great assistance to King Taejo in unifying the Later Three Kingdoms. His posthumous title was Muyeol. Bae Jeong-ji was a military official of Goryeo who entered the royal guard at the age of ten and rose to become Doji. He travelled to the Yuan dynasty, where the Yuan emperor praised him as a brave warrior and bestowed silver upon him. Bae Geuk-ryeom was a founding meritorious subject of Joseon who distinguished himself in suppressing Japanese pirate raids at the end of Goryeo. In 1376, the second year of King U of Goryeo, he decisively defeated Japanese pirates who had invaded Jinju, and in 1378 he inflicted a major defeat on Japanese pirates at Yokjido Island. In 1868, the fifth year of Emperor Gojong, part of the shrine was demolished under Heungseon Daewongun's order abolishing private Confucian academies, but it has since been repaired and rebuilt on several occasions. The shrine measures three kan across the front and two kan along the side, with a gabled roof that, seen from the side, forms the shape of the character 人 (person).

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Where it is

Region

Naju, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물