Hwasun Neungjusamchunggak Pavilion

This pavilion was built to commemorate three loyal subjects: Choe Gyeong-hoe (1532–1593) and Mun Hong-heon, who served as righteous army commanders during the Japanese invasions of the 1590s, and Jo Hyeon, who died in the service of the country during the Japanese raid of 1555. Choe Gyeong-hoe passed the civil service examination in 1567, the first year of King Seonjo, and served as magistrate of Yeonghae. He was observing a period of mourning at his hometown of Hwasun, in South Jeolla Province, when the Japanese invasions broke out. He gathered his brothers and the people of the district to raise a righteous army, and through outstanding tactics and valour led the first battle of Jinju to victory; in recognition of this achievement he was appointed Military Commander of Gyeongsang Right Province. However, when the Japanese forces attacked again in 1593, the 26th year of King Seonjo, he was unable to hold them off, and when Jinjuseong Fortress fell after nine days he threw himself into the Namgang River together with Mun Hong-heon. Jo Hyeon passed the military examination, and while serving as a military commander during the Japanese raid of 1555, the tenth year of King Myeongjong, he fought to repel Japanese pirates who had invaded the Haenam area of South Jeolla Province, but was killed in the battle of Byeonsan. To commemorate the patriotic loyalty of these three men, in 1685, the eleventh year of King Sukjong, Confucian scholars of the Neungju hyanggyo (local Confucian school) built three structures on a clifftop and named them Samchunggak, the Pavilion of the Three Loyal Subjects; the stream flowing in front of it is known as Chungsingang, the River of Loyal Subjects.

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Where it is

Region

Hwasun, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물