Mansusa Temple

This shrine was built by his descendants between 1946 and 1951 to honour An Hyang (1243–1306), a Confucian scholar of the Goryeo period. It enshrines An Won-hyeong, An Myeon, An Jeong-saeng, Ju Se-bung and An Jung-mok, and a separate shrine, Haedongsa, was set up to honour the patriot An Jung-geun. An Hyang was a Goryeo-period Confucian scholar who passed the civil examination in 1260, the first year of King Wonjong of Goryeo, after which he held many posts, including Gyoseodang, Gukjasaeop and Dochomuijungchan (a senior state council post), and worked to train younger scholars and to establish Confucian learning. An Won-hyeong held posts including Miljiksa and Pyeongjangsa; An Myeon served as Saganwon jeongeon and Jeongdangmullak; and An Jeong-saeng served as Jikjehak. The site comprises Mansusa, the inner gate Naesammun, a lecture hall, the outer gate Oesammun, and Haedongsa. Mansusa is a building three bays wide and three bays deep, with a hipped-and-gabled roof that, seen from the side, forms the shape of the character meaning "eight". The inner gate, Gyeongmomun, is three bays wide, the outer gate is three bays wide, and the Jiksa (residential quarters) is five bays wide. The lecture hall, Yeogyeongjae, was built in 1925 and has five bays. Haedongsa, over which hangs a board reading "Haedong myeongwol" (Bright Moon over Korea), is the shrine honouring An Jung-geun; the board is said to have been written by former President Rhee Syng-man.

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Where it is

Region

Jangheung, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료