Yeonggwang Pavilion

This pavilion was built in 1910, when Korea was annexed by Japan, by Geumong Kim Won-jung, who lived in the Sunchang area, together with thirteen like-minded comrades, in order to spread anti-Japanese sentiment widely. At the tips of the roof eaves they carved the Taegeuk and the Eight Trigrams to commemorate the sorrow of having lost the nation, and the pavilion came to be called Yeonggwangjeong. It was later burned down during the Korean War, and was rebuilt in 1974 by local Confucian scholars, bringing it to its present form. The building measures one kan across the front and one kan to the side, and a plaque inscribed 'Yeonggwangjeong (迎狂亭)' survives.

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Where it is

Region

Sunchang, Jeonbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료