Jiseondang Hall

Jiseondang Hall is a village school (seodang) built by the descendants of Park Ji-yeong in the mid-Joseon period in keeping with his wishes. Park Ji-yeong's ancestors originally lived at Geumsan Mountain, but after Park Ji-yeong came to this area during the Japanese invasions of 1592, his descendants settled here as well. Jiseondang was built to educate the sons of the clan and students of the wider region. The exact date of construction is not known, but a plaque inside bearing the name of Park Sang-tak suggests it was built in 1772, the 48th year of King Yeongjo. It is said that five holders of the jinsa degree emerged from this school, including Jeong Jae-yeong, who passed the mungwa, the higher civil service examination, in 1816, the 16th year of King Sunjo, and rose to Vice Minister of the Board of Works, and Park Je-dae, who passed the jinsa examination, a licentiate examination in classical literature, in 1840, the sixth year of King Heonjong. The building has a front of four kan and a side of two kan (a kan being the space between two columns), and its roof is a hipped-and-gabled roof shaped like the Chinese character 八 (meaning "eight") when viewed from the side. The building is currently used as a shrine to the Park clan.

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Where it is

Region

Jinan, Jeonbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료