Oryesa Temple, Geochang

This site was established to commemorate and carry on the scholarship and virtuous conduct of Kim Mun-gi (pen name Baekchon, 1399–1456). Kim Mun-gi passed the state examination in 1426, the eighth year of King Sejong, and held a succession of official posts, but was put to death after joining the Sayuksin, the Six Martyred Ministers, in a plot to restore King Danjong to the throne. He was later reinstated to office in 1731, the seventh year of King Yeongjo, and in 1757, the thirty-third year of King Yeongjo, was granted the posthumous title Chungui, meaning "loyal and resolute". Oryesa was built by Kim Mun-gi's descendants in 1870 and underwent major repairs in 1994, in the form it retains today. The buildings that survive are the oesammun (outer three-bay gate), the Chuwonjae hall, the naesammun (inner three-bay gate), and the shrine hall. The shrine hall measures three bays across the front and two bays to the side, with a gabled roof that forms a figure resembling the Chinese character for "person" (人) when viewed from the side. Chuwonjae measures four bays across the front and two bays to the side, and is finished with a hip-and-gable roof that forms a figure resembling the Chinese character for "eight" (八) when viewed from the side.

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Geochang, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료