Gyeongju Samaso

A samaso was a building of the Joseon period where local saengwon (literary licentiates) and jinsa (classics licentiates) who had passed the state examinations taught Confucian learning or debated politics. Even men of high rank are said to have come here for self-cultivation. During the reign of King Yeonsangun, saengwon and jinsa gathered here to discuss scholarship, and grain is said to have been lent to the common people from this place. The exact date of its first construction is unknown, but after it burned down in the Japanese invasions of 1592, the twenty-fifth year of King Seonjo, it was rebuilt in 1741, the seventeenth year of King Yeongjo, and was called Pungyeongjeong Pavilion. The plaque reading "Samaso" on its side was written in 1762, the thirty-eighth year of King Yeongjo, by the then prefect Hong Yang-han. The adjoining Byeongchokheon was built in 1832, the thirty-second year of King Sunjo, by the saengwon Choi Gi-yeong. This building originally stood on the northern bridge abutment of the Silla-period Woljeonggyo Bridge site, 300 m to the east of its present location, and was moved here in 1984. Inside the building hang plaques recording its repairs, which tell its history.

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Where it is

Region

Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료