Yongseonggwan Stone Furnishings

Yongseonggwan was a building used as lodging for government officials during the Joseon period. Its scale was so grand that, together with Namwon's Gwanghallu Pavilion and the Gwanwangmyo Shrine, it was known as one of the three great old buildings of the region. It once enshrined a jeonpae of King Taejo of Joseon (a wooden tablet inscribed with the character jeon, symbolising the king), and for this reason was also called Hyulmungwan. It later burned down and was rebuilt, undergoing repairs on several occasions. It burned down again during the Korean War, and today only about 70 metres of the building's foundation and this one set of stair stones remain. Beside the finely dressed steps are stone pieces shaped in a rounded semicircle, placed on either side of the lower balustrade; their surfaces are carved with goblin figures, giving them a distinctive appearance. The former site of Yongseonggwan is now occupied by Yongseong Elementary School, so nothing of its old appearance survives, and these stones are today used as steps to the school's main building. Yongseonggwan was first built in the eleventh year of King Sinmun of Unified Silla (691), but owing to its several reconstructions the exact date of these stone furnishings cannot be determined.

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Where it is

Region

Namwon, Jeonbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료