Daebongjaesa Temple

This building enshrines and holds memorial rites for the spirit tablet of Gwon Ja-sin (?–1456), a civil official of early Joseon, together with those of Gwon Chaek (1442–?) and Gwon Sang-gil (1610–1674). Gwon Ja-sin plotted to restore King Danjong to the throne and was executed in 1456, the second year of King Sejo, along with the Six Martyred Ministers (Sayuksin). Gwon Chaek, great-grandson of Gwon Jeon, King Danjong's maternal grandfather, was implicated at the age of just thirteen in the plot to restore Danjong and was exiled to Yeonghae, where he settled and lived out his life. Gwon Sang-gil was a figure who opposed surrender to the Qing during the Manchu invasion of 1636. The hall was first built in 1835, the first year of King Heonjong, at the foot of Mount Daebongsan under the name Chunghyeonsa, renamed Daebong Seowon (academy) in 1847, the 13th year of King Heonjong, and then closed under Heungseon Daewongun's order abolishing private academies, before being rebuilt in 1912. The main hall, Chugamnu, measures three bays across the front and one and a half bays to the side, and serves as the ritual space where elders stay during memorial rites. Standing on a high stone platform, it preserves its hierarchical status as the central building, with a wooden-floored hall at the centre flanked by two independent ondol (heated-floor) rooms. The front lower building has a ㄷ-shaped plan with ondol rooms on either side of the main gate, and to the right is a small gate leading to Gyeongmojae.

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Where it is

Region

Yeongdeok, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료