Obong Head House

The head house contains a shrine enshrining the spirit tablet of Obong Sin Si-je (1562-1624). He passed the civil service examination and served as magistrate of Yean, and when the Imjin War broke out he raised a righteous army and fought against the Japanese forces. He left many notable achievements while serving as a local magistrate, and while posted in Uiseong he founded Jangdae Seowon, a Confucian academy, to further the education of the local gentry's children. This building is separated by a single wall from Nakseondang, the head house of the Asan Sin clan. The shrine, reached by climbing some ten stone steps, faces due south at the centre of a square earthen-walled enclosure, and it is this same single wall that separates it from Nakseondang, the central building of the head house.

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Where it is

Region

Uiseong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료