Yegokjeongsa Temple, Okcheon

Yegokjeongsa was built in 1680, the sixth year of King Sukjong of Joseon, when Kim Gwang-no of the Gwangsan Kim clan, having retired to his home village, established it as a jeongsa (a private academy) to train younger scholars; it was later used by the clan as a jaesil (a hall for ancestral rites) and remains so today. It stands at an auspicious site, as determined by pungsu-jiri (geomantic siting), behind the village of Haryegok, and it retains the appearance of a traditional clan village, together with neighbouring houses such as that of a jinsa (a holder of the licentiate degree). The gojiksa (the caretaker's quarters) is a single-eaved, hip-and-gable-roofed building whose timber frame shows natural, unforced joinery, and it has been preserved largely in its original form overall, making it valuable as architectural material. In particular, there is a storehouse between the jeongsa and the gojiksa whose ridge beam bears the date 1888, which plays an important role in clarifying the building's history.

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Region

Okcheon, Chungbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료