Remains Bi and Historical Documents of Songchonsa Temple, Yeonggwang

Songchonsa Temple in Yeonggwang holds the ancestral tablets of Kim Sa-mo (pen name Mojaegong), who died fighting in the Battle of Dongnae Fortress during the Japanese invasion of 1592, and his three sons - Kim Eok-myeong, Kim Eok-ryong and Kim Eok-ho - who died in the Battle of Namwon Fortress during the second Japanese invasion of 1597. To commemorate the loyal deaths of those who gave their lives for the country during the Japanese invasions, a shrine was built for ancestral rites in 1757, during the reign of King Cheoljong of Joseon. It was demolished in 1871, the eighth year of Emperor Gojong, under the order abolishing seowon (Confucian academies), and was later restored at the initiative of local Confucian scholars. The Remains Bi of Songchonsa commemorates the loyalty of the father and his three sons; it is of considerable historical and academic significance, having been erected in 1908, the mu-sin year of Emperor Sunjong, with an inscription written and set up personally by Gi U-man (pen name Songsa), a righteous-army leader from the Honam region. Songchonsa holds a total of 50 historical documents, written during the 18th and 19th centuries. Their contents include royal edicts (gyoji), petitions (soji) and household registers (hojeok danja), and they form documentary heritage of great historical value, revealing how the descendants of the figures enshrined at Songchonsa maintained their lineage and settled in the local community over many generations.

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Where it is

Region

Yeonggwang, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료