Changgyesungjeolsa Temple

Changgyesungjeolsa is a shrine built in 1923 to honour Park Paeng-nyeon (1417–1456), one of the Six Martyred Ministers executed for his part in the movement to restore King Danjong to the throne, and Park Sim-mun (1408–1456), who took part in the same restoration movement though he was not counted among the Six Martyred Ministers. Park Paeng-nyeon was an early-Joseon official who passed the civil service examination in 1434, the 16th year of King Sejong, rose to Right Royal Secretary in 1453, the first year of King Danjong, and then became Vice Minister of Justice; in 1455, the first year of King Sejo, he became an official of Jiphyeonjeon, the Hall of Worthies. When King Danjong was deposed, Park Paeng-nyeon joined Seong Sam-mun and others in a plot to restore him to the throne, but the plot was discovered, and he died in prison after severe torture. Park Sim-mun was likewise an early-Joseon official, who passed the civil service examination in 1436, the 18th year of King Sejong. He distinguished himself when Kim Jong-seo, Military Commander of Hamgil-do, opened up the Six Garrisons in the north, and he too took part in the plot to restore King Danjong. On hearing that Seong Sam-mun and the other members of the Six Martyred Ministers had been executed, however, he took his own life. Spirit tablets for Park Paeng-nyeon and several others were originally enshrined at Jeongjeol Seowon, a Confucian academy in Gayang-dong, Dong-gu, Daejeon, but when the academy was demolished in 1871, the eighth year of Emperor Gojong, a shrine was built anew on the present site to enshrine the two men and hold memorial rites for them. The complex consists of the shrine proper, Sungjeolsa, the lecture hall Sangeuidang, and an east wing, Dongjae, all enclosed by an inner and an outer three-bay gate. The shrine, Sungjeolsa, has a floor plan of three bays across the front and two bays deep, with the central front bay left open to form a projecting front bay (jeontoe); inside, the floor is laid with umulmaru, a well-pattern wooden flooring, and the space is used to enshrine and hold memorial rites for the spirit tablets of the two men. The roof is a double-eaved gable roof.

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Jung-gu, Daejeon

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료