Mochungsa Temple, Cheongju

This shrine houses the spirit tablet of Bong Seok-ju (1418–1465) and is also known as Gangseongsa or Haeumsa. Bong Seok-ju distinguished himself in 1453, the first year of King Danjong, by helping King Sejo overthrow Kim Jong-seo and other officials who supported King Danjong, in the coup known as the Gyeyujeongnan; for this he was honoured as a second-class Meritorious Subject of Pacification (jeongnan gongsin). This shrine was built in 1694, the 20th year of King Sukjong, rebuilt in 1926, and repaired again in 1970. It measures three bays across the front and one and a half bays along the side, with a gabled (matbae) roof that, seen from the side, forms the shape of the character 人 (person). Outside the shrine hangs a plaque reading 'Mochungsa', and inside are the 'Mochungsa-ugi' (Record of the Mochungsa Shrine), composed in 1926 by Yi Sang-gak, who had served as Deputy Royal Secretary of the Seungjeongwon (Royal Secretariat), with the calligraphy by An Bang-jun, together with a record of repairs written by Bong Man-gyun, Bong Seok-ju's twelfth-generation descendant. In front of the courtyard stands a single-gabled gate (ilgakmun), with a wall running around it.

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Where it is

Region

Cheongju, Chungbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료