Hall King Tomb, Andong

A Gwanwangmyo is a shrine where sacrifices are offered to Guan Yu, styled Unjang, the renowned general who appears in the Chinese Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This example, the Andong Gwanwangmyo, was built in 1598, the thirty-first year of King Seonjo of Joseon, by Swihucheon, a Chinese commander then stationed in Andong. There are two theories about when it was moved to its present site: one holds that it was in 1606, the thirty-ninth year of King Seonjo, the other that it was in 1636, the fourteenth year of King Injo; which is correct is not known. It is said the shrine was relocated because of reluctance to have it facing the Andong Hyanggyo, the local Confucian school, directly. The present buildings were dismantled and restored in 1904, and this is the only Gwanwangmyo that enshrines a stone statue. Beyond the Gwanggamnu Pavilion stand the dongjae and seojae, the east and west study halls, on either side, and a little further on is the samun, the shrine's three-bay entrance gate. On the main gate hangs a plaque reading "Muan-wangmyo" (Shrine of the King of Muan); passing through this gate leads to the shrine proper, the Muan-wangmyo. Inside stands the Muan-wangbi, a stele believed to have been made when the Gwanwangmyo was first built, together with statues of Guan Yu and the four generals who assisted him.

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Where it is

Region

Andong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산