Eoeunjeong Pavilion

Eoeunjeong is a pavilion built by Yang Sa-hyeong (1547–1599), pen name Eoeun, in 1567, the twenty-second year of King Myeongjong, when he set up his own household. It was first named Yeongha-jeong, and was later renamed Eoeunjeong by his descendants. Yang Sa-hyeong passed the munkwa civil examination in 1588, the twenty-first year of King Seonjo, and served as magistrate of Yeonggwang and as Jeongnang, a mid-level official, in the Ministry of War. During the Japanese invasions of Korea he raised a righteous army and won great distinction, for which he was named a Seonmu Wonjong Gongsin, a meritorious subject honoured for service in the war. After his death he was posthumously granted the office of Dosungji, Chief Royal Secretary, of the Seungjeongwon, and his spirit tablet is enshrined at Hwasan Seowon in Sunchang. The building measures three kan across the front and two kan along the side (kan being a traditional unit of bay-width), with a hip-and-gable (paljak) roof whose profile, seen from the side, resembles the character 八. The pavilion has been rebuilt several times; the present building dates from a reconstruction in 1919.

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Where it is

Region

Sunchang, Jeonbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료