Ansanyeongdang Hall

This hall enshrines portraits of thirteen ancestors of the Seongju Yi clan who served the nation and set an example for society, and holds memorial rites for them. The date of its construction is uncertain, but in 1581, the fourteenth year of King Seonjo, Yi Hyeon-bae, a descendant of the Seongju Yi clan, rebuilt it on this site after taking up the post of magistrate of Seongju. It originally stood in front of the grave of Yi Jang-gyeong at Inchon-ri, Wolhang-myeon, and was moved to its present site when his grave was relocated. Later, in 1680, the sixth year of King Sukjong, the king bestowed on it the name 'Ansan Seowon' (a seowon being a private Confucian academy), and it came to enshrine portraits of twenty-two ancestors who had rendered meritorious service to the state. However, many were lost to fire during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598) and other events, so only thirteen portraits remain today. In 1868, the sixth year of Emperor Gojong, the name was changed to Ansanyeongdang to avoid Heungseon Daewongun's order abolishing seowon academies. The complex consists of Ansanyeongdang Hall itself, three bays wide and two bays deep, together with Ansanjae and a samun (a three-bay ceremonial gate), while a Guest House and a caretaker's building, added in later times, stand on the other side of a dividing wall.

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Where it is

Region

Seongju, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료