Jongojeong Pavilion and Surroundings

Jongojeong Pavilion and its surroundings are a site associated with Choe Chi-deok (1699–1770), a scholar of the Joseon period active during the reign of King Yeongjo (r. 1724–1776). When Choe Chi-deok built Ilseongjae in 1745, the twenty-first year of King Yeongjo, to hold memorial rites for his deceased parents, and took up residence there, the disciples who had followed him to study built Jongojeong Pavilion and Gwisanseosa, a private academy, so that they could pursue their studies — together these now make up Jongojeong Pavilion and its surroundings. Choe Chi-deok was born in 1699, the twenty-fifth year of King Sukjong, and by the time of his death in 1770, the forty-sixth year of King Yeongjo, at the age of seventy-two, he had trained more than seventy disciples; devoting himself to scholarship, he left behind many writings, including the Yeokdae Sidotong-in and the Simgyeongjip. Three years after his death, his achievements became known to the royal court, and he was posthumously granted the office of Vice Minister of the Board of Taxation. Jongojeong Pavilion is four bays across the front and two bays deep, with a hip-and-gable roof that, seen from the side, forms the shape of the character for "eight" (八); unusually, when viewed from above, the roof plan forms the shape of the character 工. Around the pavilion, Chinese junipers and many other kinds of trees grow in beautiful profusion, making this one of Korea's representative garden sites.

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Where it is

Region

Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물