Ganamjeong Pavilion, Hapcheon

This building commemorates and enshrines four brothers who distinguished themselves in military service during the Japanese invasions of 1592-98: Jeong In-gi (pen name Munam), Jeong In-ham (pen name Geumwolheon), Jeong In-cheol (pen name Ucheon) and Jeong In-ji (pen name Nakje). It is also known as Sauhjeong, the Pavilion of the Four Friends. The four brothers assisted their cousin, the righteous-army commander Jeong In-hong (1535-1623), in righteous-army activities. Jeong In-ham held various posts in both central and local government and was posthumously awarded the honorary title of Minister of Personnel. In the 14th year of King Yeongjo's reign, the four brothers were enshrined together with their clan founder at Sedeoksa Shrine in Ugye-ri; Sedeoksa was elevated to the status of Ungyeseowon Confucian academy in the 13th year of King Cheoljong's reign. It was later abolished under the Daewongun's order closing private Confucian academies, and Ganamjeong Pavilion was rebuilt in 1919, continuing to the present. The building measures four bays across the front and two bays deep, with a hip-and-gable roof. In front of the pavilion stands a memorial stele (sindobi) for Jeong In-ham, and before it grows a zelkova tree, said to have been planted by him with his own hands, now more than four hundred years old.

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Hapcheon, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료