Buyongjeong Pavilion

This pavilion was built by Kim Mun-bal (1359–1418) at the end of Goryeo and the beginning of Joseon. Its name, "Buyong" (lotus), is taken from the Chinese Song-dynasty scholar Zhou Dunyi's essay "On the Love of the Lotus" (Ailianshuo), which praised the lotus as the gentleman among flowers. Kim Mun-bal distinguished himself in campaigns to suppress Japanese pirate raids at the end of Goryeo and the start of Joseon, and he served as Governor of Jeolla Province, Governor of Hwanghae Province, and Vice Minister of Justice. After retiring from office, he centred his activities on Buyongjeong Pavilion, working to improve public morals by putting into practice the Lantian Village Compact of the Lü clan and the White Deer Grotto Academy Regulations of Zhu Xi; this became the origin of the Gwangju Hyangyak Jwamok, the register of Gwangju's village compact. Inside the pavilion hang poems by Yang Eung-jeong, Go Gyeong-myeong and Yi An-nul, among others, and nearby stands a ginkgo tree said to have been planted by Kim Mun-bal.

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Where it is

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Nam-gu, Jeonnam & Gwangju

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료