Chwigajeong Pavilion

This pavilion stands in Bukchon Village, east of Chunghyo Village, about 200 m from Hwanbyeokdang Pavilion. It is a grey-tiled, hip-and-gable (paljak) roofed building of three bays across the front and two bays along the side; apart from the single central room used as living space, the bays to its left and right are both floored with wooden decking (maru). Within the pavilion are displayed the name board Chwigajeong and the original text of Gwon Pil's Chwisiga (Song of Drunken Lament). Chwigajeong was first built in 1890, the twenty-seventh year of Emperor Gojong, to honour the memory of Kim Deok-ryeong, posthumous title Chungjanggong, who had been commander-in-chief of the Joseon righteous army during the Japanese invasions of 1592-98, through the joint efforts of his descendant Kim Man-sik, pen name Nansil, and various clan members. It was preserved until it burned down during the Korean War in 1950, but was rebuilt in 1955 by his descendant Kim Hui-jun together with other clan members, and has stood to this day. The name Chwigajeong given to the pavilion at this site originates from a dramatic poem by Gwon Pil, pen name Seokju, who lived in the same era as Kim Deok-ryeong. Gwon Pil once had a dream in which Kim Deok-ryeong suddenly appeared drunk and recited a poem lamenting his wrongful death; Gwon Pil composed a poem in reply to console his wronged spirit. As this poem begins with the line "In a dream I obtained a small book," the pavilion took its name, Chwigajeong, Pavilion of the Drunken Song, from it. Here hangs a name board written by Song Un-hoe, pen name Seoljoo, along with six further pieces of writing: a ridge-raising text, a record of reconstruction, and Gwon Pil's Chwisiga with its reply poem; around a dozen old pagoda trees and pines, along with various flowering plants, fill the surrounding grounds. To the left of the pavilion stands the Monument to the Chwisiga of General Kim Deok-ryeong, Chungjanggong, erected in 2001 by the Chunghyo clan association of the Gwangsan Kim clan. Sources: Cultural Heritage of Gwangju (1990); Nujeong Jaeyeong (1992).

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Where it is

Region

Buk-gu, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료