Jeoksangsan Mountain Sagoji Site Yugu

These are the remains of the sago, the repository that once stood on Jeoksangsan Mountain, Jeoksang-myeon, Muju-gun, Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province. A sago was a place for keeping the historical records and important books of the Joseon dynasty. After the Japanese invasions of 1592 (the Imjin War) burned down the Chunchugwan in Seoul and the sago across the country, five new sago were established, at Jeongjoksan, Taebaeksan and Odaesan mountains and elsewhere. However, when the sago at Myohyangsan Mountain became difficult to manage because of the threat from Later Jin in the north, the annals were moved in 1614, the sixth year of King Gwanghaegun, for safekeeping to Jeoksangsan Mountain, a natural fortress. In 1641, the nineteenth year of King Injo, the Seonwongak building was erected there and the Seonwollok, the royal genealogical record, was also housed at the site, after which it functioned as a complete sago. A total of 5,515 volumes were kept there, but the annals were lost during the Korean War. The Jeoksangsan sago was one of Korea's five great sago, preserving the nation's valuable historical records for more than 300 years until it was closed by Japan in 1910.

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Where it is

Region

Muju, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물