Changchungsa Temple, Geochang

This shrine honours five loyal subjects — Sin Geuk-jong, Sin Seok-hyeon, Sin Deok-hyeon, Sin Chi-geun and Sin Gwang-se — local clerks (hyangni) who raised a righteous army and gave their utmost strength to defeat the rebel forces during the Musillan Rebellion of 1728, the fourth year of King Yeongjo; it is also known as Ochungsa, the Shrine of the Five Loyal Subjects. After the rebellion was suppressed, a shrine was ordered built in 1788, the twelfth year of King Jeongjo, and the five loyal subjects were later posthumously granted the post of Gongjo Jwarang, an assistant section chief of the Ministry of Works. In terms of layout, Seongam Seodang, the lecture hall, and Changchungsa, the shrine itself, face east and south respectively. The shrine has a gabled (matbae) roof with a three-kan front and two-kan side, and the inner samun (triple gate) is a three-kan gate with a raised central section (sotdae). The main gate, Angjinru, is a pavilion-style outer samun with a three-kan front, two-kan side, five-purlin hipped-and-gabled roof; it was relocated from the main gate of Geochang's former local government office (dongheon), and a stele to the Five Loyal Subjects stands in the courtyard.

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Where it is

Region

Geochang, Gyeongnam

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료