Daeseongsa Temple

This is a shrine built in 1871, the eighth year of Emperor Gojong of Joseon, to honour Confucius. Gong Hye-jong (pen name Gaam), a 66th-generation descendant of Confucius, had moved here from Hadong in Gyeongnam Province to escape the devastation of the Japanese invasions of the 1590s, and in 1870, the seventh year of Emperor Gojong, his ninth-generation descendant Gong In-du travelled to Qufu in Shandong Province, China, and brought back a portrait of Confucius, erecting a shrine for it south of Mount Omusan. The shrine was later moved to its present site in 1924 in accordance with geomantic principles and was then named Daeseongsa Temple. It measures three bays across the front and two bays along the side, with a gabled roof that, seen from the side, takes the shape of the character 人 (meaning "person"). Inside is the portrait brought from Qufu, measuring 64 cm wide and 90 cm high.

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Where it is

Region

Goheung, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료