Chungmokdan Altar

Chungmokdan is an altar built to honour the loyalty of Yu Eung-bu (?–1456), one of the "six martyred subjects" who gave their lives in 1456 trying to restore King Danjong to the throne; the spirit tablets of Yi Eo and Yang Chi were later enshrined here as well. All three were executed for their failed attempt to restore King Danjong, who had been deposed by King Sejo. When the memorial stele was first erected, only Yu Eung-bu's broken tombstone remained there, and so the site came to be called "Chungmokdan." It was later removed under Emperor Gojong's 1871 order abolishing seowon academies, which left only 47 such academies (including sau shrines) standing nationwide, but the altar was restored again in 1890. Chungmokdan is enclosed by a gate and a wall, and three steles stand inside: Yu Eung-bu's in the centre, flanked by those of Yang Chi and Yi Eo. As this was also Yu Eung-bu's hometown, a separate memorial stele honouring him stands in a stele pavilion beside the altar. The pavilion is a square, single-eaved building with a pyramidal hip roof, one bay to the front and one to the side. Its walls are built up halfway, with wooden latticework above so that the interior can be seen.

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Where it is

Region

Pocheon, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물