Bonggangsa Temple

This is a shrine built by the Geumseong Na clan to hold memorial rites for the Goryeo-period civil officials Na Mun-gyu (1312–1355) and Na Gye-jong (1339–1415). Na Mun-gyu passed the civil service examination in 1334, the first year of King Chunghye, served as a doctor of the classics, and in 1352, the first year of King Gongmin, served as an official in charge of salt production on the west coast. Na Gye-jong served as an academician of the Office of Royal Decrees in 1390, the second year of King Gongyang, and when Jeong Mong-ju died a martyr's death, he gave up his official post, returned to his hometown, built a thatched house, planted pine and bamboo trees around it, took the pen name Jukheon ("Bamboo Pavilion"), and spent the rest of his life there. The exact date of its construction is not known, but the shrine was demolished under Heungseon Daewongun's order abolishing seowon (private Confucian academies), and was restored in 1924. The building measures three kan across the front and two kan along the side, with a hipped-and-gabled roof that forms the shape of the Chinese character for "eight" (八) when viewed from the side. In 1951 the roof was rebuilt to extend the building by one kan on each side, so that from the outside it now looks like a two-storey pavilion. The shrine serves not only as a venue for the Geumseong Na clan's gatherings but, surrounded by old trees, is also valued by local residents as a place to rest.

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Where it is

Region

Naju, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료