Gyeongjudangosa Temple Lecture Hall

This building was erected in 1817, the seventeenth year of King Sunjo of Joseon, by local scholars to honour the loyalty of Son Jong-no, pen name Nakseondang (1598–1637), who raised a righteous army during the Manchu invasion of 1636 and died a martyr's death at the Battle of Ssangnyeong in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do. Nakseondang had served as magistrate of Nampo County under King Injo, and in 1783, the seventh year of King Jeongjo, he was posthumously awarded the military office and rank of Eomo-janggun Hullyeonwon-jeong, an officer of the Military Training Agency. In 1783 a memorial shrine, Jeongchunggak, was also built in his hometown, Yangdong Village. The lecture hall is five bays wide and two bays deep, with a three-bay-wide wooden-floored hall (daecheong) at its centre flanked by ondol-heated rooms on either side. A narrow veranda (toenmaru) runs along the front, and a built-in closet is set into the rear wall of the right-hand room. Behind the lecture hall once stood the shrine Sangchungsa, together with the buildings Bulgoejae and Sauijae and the gate Chayangmun, but these were demolished during the reign of Emperor Gojong, leaving only the lecture hall standing. Afterwards, in 1991, only Chayangmun and Dansanjae were rebuilt, bringing the site to its present form.

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Where it is

Region

Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료