Choe Gyeong-hoe Shrine

This shrine enshrines the spirit tablet of General Choe Gyeong-hoe (1532–1593), who distinguished himself in the Second Battle of Jinjuseong Fortress during the Japanese invasions of Korea. Built in the reign of King Sunjo of Joseon, it originally stood in Geumjeon-ri, Dongmyeon, Neungju-mok, and was moved to its present site in 1963 when the Geumjeon Reservoir was built. General Choe Gyeong-hoe, a righteous-army commander during the Japanese invasions, was born in Neungju, Jeollanam-do. He passed the saengwon examination in 1561, the sixteenth year of King Myeongjong, and the higher state examination in 1567. When the war broke out he raised a righteous army, held off Japanese forces at Jangsu, and attacked and defeated the enemy as they retreated through Geumsan. In June 1593, the twenty-sixth year of King Seonjo, when Japanese forces attacked Jinjuseong Fortress a second time, he defended it together with the righteous-army leader Kim Cheon-il and others, but the fortress fell after nine days and he drowned himself in the Namgang River. His posthumous title was Chungui. The shrine building measures three kan across the front and two kan along the side, roofed with a gabled matbae roof that, seen from the side, takes the shape of the character 人 (person).

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Where it is

Region

Hwasun, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료