Sunghyejeon Hall

Sunghyejeon Hall enshrines the spirit tablets of King Michu, the thirteenth king of Silla and the first of the Kim clan to reign; King Munmu, the thirtieth king, who achieved the great task of unifying the Three Kingdoms; and King Gyeongsun, the last king of Silla. Originally, in order to honour the virtue of King Gyeongsun, a shrine was first built at the Wolseong Palace Site to enshrine his portrait and hold memorial rites. This shrine burned down during the Japanese invasions of 1592 (the Imjin War), in the twenty-fifth year of King Seonjo of Joseon. In 1627, the fifth year of King Injo, a new shrine was built in Dongcheon-dong and named Dongcheonmyo Shrine, where King Gyeongsun's spirit tablet was enshrined. In 1723, the third year of King Gyeongjong, it was renamed Gyeongsunwangjeon, and in 1794, the eighteenth year of King Jeongjo, it was moved to its present site and renamed Hwangnamjeon Hall. Later, in 1887, the twenty-fourth year of Emperor Gojong, King Michu's spirit tablet was enshrined there, and the following year that of King Munmu was enshrined alongside it. At this time Emperor Gojong had the shrine rebuilt on a grand scale and bestowed upon it the name plaque reading "Sunghyejeon". The hall is a gable-roofed building with a front of five bays and a side of three bays, flanked by Yeongyukjae on the left and Gyeongmojae on the right. In front stand King Gyeongsun's memorial stele (sindobi) and its stele pavilion, and across the road is Gyerim Semyo Shrine.

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Where it is

Region

Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료