Yongamyeongdang Hall

Yongamyeongdang Hall (also known as Samsadang) was built in 1740, the 16th year of King Yeongjo of Joseon, by members of the Gyeongju Yi clan living in the Boryeong area to commemorate and hold memorial rites for their ancestor, Yi Je-hyeon (pen name Ikjae). In 1800, Yi Ye-hwan, a scholar from Ungcheon and a 17th-generation descendant of Yi Je-hyeon, led efforts to enshrine a portrait of Yi Je-hyeon and to hold rites for him there. The hall was repaired several times afterwards, and more recently it was relocated to its present site because its original location was submerged by the Boryeong Dam. Confucian scholars and descendants of the Gyeongju Yi clan hold a memorial rite there every year. Yi Je-hyeon, enshrined in this shrine, passed the civil service examination at the age of fifteen in 1301, the 27th year of King Chungnyeol of Goryeo, and went on to hold numerous official posts until he retired from office as Right State Councillor in 1357, the sixth year of King Gongmin. During the reign of King Chungseon he travelled to China, where he studied the classics together with scholars such as Zhao Mengfu at the Mangwondang in Yeongyeong, earning renown there.

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Where it is

Region

Boryeong, Chungnam

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료