Yeongdangji Site, Yeosu

Yeosu Yeongdang is a shrine enshrining Generals Choe Yeong, Yi Sun-sin, Yi Dae-won and Jeong Un, along with the Dragon King spirit and the mountain spirit; its historical and spatial significance can be traced through Yeosu's local gazetteers, regional records, various historical-geographical texts, and land registers. Rites were held at the shrine every spring and autumn, and boats passing in front of it would offer ritual rice and perform a ritual before setting out to fish — customs that give the site folkloric significance as a place of popular religious practice. As a shrine closely linked to the history of the Yeosu region, Yeosu Yeongdang has little value as a reconstructed building in itself; there is therefore a need to preserve it by designating it as the Yeongdangji (Yeongdang Site), reflecting the shrine's historical meaning and its significance as a place.

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Where it is

Region

Yeosu, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산