Mujinjangjae Hall

Originally a Buddhist temple of the Silla period, this building was acquired in 1480, the eleventh year of King Seongjong, by the early Joseon scholar-official Geum Won-jeong (1472-1557), who renamed it Mujinjangjae and converted it into an ancestral hall. He passed the jinsa examination, a licentiate-level civil service examination, during the reign of Yeonsangun, and in 1515, the tenth year of King Jungjong, served as a local instructor (hundo) with the rank of jangsarang at Yeonghae before being recommended as a hyeollyang, a man of recognised virtue and ability. However, when the Gimyo Purge broke out in 1519, the fourteenth year of King Jungjong, in which the entrenched Hungu faction brought disaster upon the newly risen reformist officials led by Jo Gwang-jo, he gave up his post, withdrew into nature, and devoted himself to scholarship and the training of younger students. At that time he presided over the Sama Hoe, a society of those who had passed the saengwon examination, and the wooden plaques still preserved in the building attest to the excellence of his calligraphy. The building measures five bays across the front and six bays in depth, forming an overall ㅁ-shaped (square, enclosed) structure.

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Where it is

Region

Bonghwa, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료