Yeongcheon Chunghyojae Hall

This jaesil (ancestral shrine) was built near the grave to honour the patriotism of Jeong Hwan-jik (1843–1907), a righteous army commander of the late Joseon period, and his eldest son Jeong Yong-gi (1862–1907). Jeong Hwan-jik served as Dosa of the Uigeumbu (the Royal Investigation Bureau) in 1888, the 25th year of King Gojong's reign, and in 1899, the third year of the Gwangmu era, held the posts of Sichalsa (Inspection Envoy) and concurrently Dochalsa and Dopo-sa, after which he served as a counsellor of the Jungchuwon (Privy Council). His son Yong-gi served as head of general affairs at the Hyeminwon, and together with Min Yeong-hwan and others took part in the Dongnip-hoe and the Manmin-hoe, and was an active chairman of the National Debt Repayment Movement within the Boan-hoe. However, when the unlawful Eulsa Treaty was concluded in 1905, the ninth year of the Gwangmu era, Jeong Hwan-jik received a secret decree from Emperor Gojong and resigned his post, then raised righteous armies together with his son, fighting Japanese forces at Yeonghae, Uiheung, Cheongsong, Yeongyang and elsewhere with notable success. He was later captured by Japanese forces and, refusing to abandon his anti-Japanese convictions despite attempts to win him over, was put to death. Jeong Yong-gi was killed fighting the Yeongcheon garrison in the same year as his father, and in 1962 was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for National Foundation, Gungmin class. To honour the patriotism and filial devotion of father and son, the village was renamed Chunghyo-dong, and this jaesil was built in 1923; it was newly repaired and restored in 1987. The building is three bays wide and two bays deep, with a hip-and-gable (paljak) roof that forms the shape of the character 八 when viewed from the side, and a memorial stone stands in its front garden.

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Where it is

Region

Yeongcheon, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물