Najugyeongnyeolsa Temple

This is a shrine dedicated to Jeong Ji (1347–1391), posthumously honoured as Gyeongnyeolgong. Seven further figures — Yu Sa, Go Jung-yeong, Jeon Sang-ui, Go Gyeong-jo, Jeong Chung-sin, Yu Pyeong and Yu Seong-ik — were later enshrined alongside him, so the shrine is also known as Palhyeonsa, the Shrine of the Eight Worthies. Jeong Ji was a native of Naju who, during the rampant Japanese pirate raids of the late Goryeo period, restored discipline within the navy and won major victories against the pirates in several places, earning the admiration of the local people. Najugyeongnyeolsa is modestly composed of an outer gate and a shrine hall, enclosed by a rough stone wall topped with tiles. Passing through the raised, three-bay outer gate leads to the shrine hall, which is three bays wide and half a bay deep, built in the ikgong bracket style with double eaves and a gable (matbae) roof. It was first built as a small shrine hall in 1644, the 22nd year of King Injo, and only attained the full form of a proper shrine in 1705, the third year of King Sukjong. It was demolished in 1871, the eighth year of King Gojong, under the order abolishing private Confucian academies. Afterwards, in 1905, Confucian scholars of the Honam region erected a memorial stone for Gyeongnyeolsa on the site, and in 1916 the shrine was moved to its present location, where it remains today. Najugyeongnyeolsa allows insight into the historical and institutional changes of the period through the life of Jeong Ji, and, having been relocated after being built in the late Joseon period, it also carries local significance, giving it historical and academic value worth preserving.

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Where it is

Region

Naju, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물