Taegyosa, Eumseong

This shrine enshrines a portrait of Zhu Xi, the philosopher of China's Song dynasty. In 1856, the seventh year of King Cheoljong, Ju Eung-dong received the portrait of Zhu Xi as a gift from Kim Yong of Anseong, and the Ju clan built a shrine and opened a seowon (private Confucian academy) there. It was first called Mungok Yeongdang, but was closed down under Heungseon Daewongun's order abolishing seowon; it was rebuilt in 1893, the thirtieth year of Emperor Gojong, and renamed Taegyosa. In its layout, a lecture hall used for ancestral rites stands just inside the gate, with a wall and a triple gate behind it, beyond which lies the shrine itself. The lecture hall measures four bays across the front and two bays along the side, with a hip-and-gable roof that, seen from the side, takes the shape of the character 八. Of the four front bays, the end bay is an ondol room (a room with a traditional heated floor), and the two central bays form a daecheong, an open wooden-floored hall. The shrine measures three bays across the front and two bays along the side, also with a hip-and-gable roof, and houses the portrait of Zhu Xi within.

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Where it is

Region

Eumseong, Chungbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료