Isijikgong Memorial Gate Pavilion

This is a memorial gate pavilion (jeongnyeogak) built to honour the loyalty and virtuous service of Jukchang Yi Sijik (1572–1637), a civil official of the mid-Joseon period. Yi Sijik passed the civil service examination in 1624, the second year of King Injo, and when Yi Gwal's Rebellion broke out that same year he accompanied King Injo in his flight as far as Gongju. He subsequently held posts including Jeonjeok of the National Confucian Academy (Seonggyungwan), Jangnyeong of the Office of the Inspector-General (Saheonbu), and Jeong of the Office of State Rites (Bongsangsi). When the Byeongja War broke out in 1636, the 14th year of King Injo, he went into Ganghwa, and when Ganghwa fell he asked a servant to bury him, then hanged himself. He was later posthumously appointed Minister of Personnel, and the court granted him the posthumous title "Chungmok" (meaning loyal and reverent). The pavilion measures one kan across the front and one kan to the side, with a hip-and-gable roof shaped, when seen from the side, like the Chinese character for "eight" (八). Vermilion arrow-shaped lattice (hongsal) runs around all four sides of the pavilion, and inside hang a plaque recording Yi Sijik's virtuous deeds and a record of the building's repairs.

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Daedeok-gu, Daejeon

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료