Yaseong Jeong Clan Champangong Head House, Yeongyang

This shrine enshrines the spirit tablet of Jeong Dam (1548-1592), posthumously titled Jangnyeolgong. Jeong Dam was a loyal official who held various posts during the reign of King Seonjo of Joseon. While serving as magistrate of Cheongju, when the Imjin War broke out in 1592, the twenty-fifth year of King Seonjo, he raised a righteous army and, together with the righteous army leader Hwang Bak and Yi Boknam, magistrate of Naju, defended Ungchi, where he died in battle. After the war he was posthumously appointed Vice Minister of War concurrently with a post in the Uigeumbu, and a memorial stele was erected for him. In 1690, the sixteenth year of King Sukjong, Jeongchunggak pavilion was built, and he was enshrined and given memorial rites at Hyanghyeonsa Shrine; during the reign of King Sunjo he was granted the posthumous title Jangnyeolgong. This shrine holds relics including seven royal certificates of appointment (gyoji), the Chungnyeollok, a record of the general's achievements, eighty-five printing woodblocks, and two volumes of the printed Chungnyeollok.

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Where it is

Region

Yeongyang, Gyeongbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료