Cultural heritage in Goyang
five-thousand years history
Current story of Goyang
2017-03-20
Hangju lecture hall for orienting the general Yul Kwon
Hangju lecture hall is located at about 400m to Han River from the front door of fortress and to the west of Hangju Fortress. During the reign of the king Hun in the late Joseon Dynasty, there was no place for the ritual ceremony for the general Yul Kwon theat shrine was constructed in the 7th year of the king Hun (1841). It was called as 紀功祠 as an origin of Hangju lecture hall.
Afterwards, shrine for orienting the general Yuk Kwon was preserved educating younger students. The place had a fense in the size with length of 18m and width of 20m and was recently restored. To the back of inner side, there is a stonework on the relatively high site. Below the stoneworks, there is a building that was used as a lecture hall. Hangju lecture hall is serving the general Yul Kwon as well as Sungui, Kyung Cho, Bin Lee, Gul Chung, Young Chu, and Ijung Byun, and ritual ceremony is held in this place in spring and fall.