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Goyang regional cultural property
2017-03-28
A devoted son who cut his finger for his parents, Jangeuijung filial memorial house
Jangeuijung's tomb and monument house, and memorial gate for the filial piety of Jangeuijung are located in the back hill of the entrance to Wanglinggol restaurant in Wongmyeong-dong, Deokyang-gu, is the only Confucian monument in Goyang City where the royal family and the filial memorial gate remain.
Jeonggeo(monument house) is a gambrel tile-roofed house in the form of a traditional Korean house and it has been partially remodeled with concrete due to its partial damage and the scale is two squares front. Inside, there are ancestral tablets and utensils used in ancestral rites.
In Jeonggeo(monument house), the word "Monument to the Filial Piety of Jangeuimoon" is written in white and the plates of the gate are red with 8 patterns and the filial memorial gate is supported by a wire connected by Jeonggeo(monument house).
Jangeuijung was a great son of the late Joseon Dynasty when he was told that he was trying to donate his finger to cure his mother's disease, and received the Jeonggeo(monument house) and and the filial memorial gate from King Gojong in 1905.
Jangeuijung's tomb is located 30m behind the gate.
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