Yeomseonjae

Yeomseonjae is the memorial shrine (jaesil) of Lady Kim of Suncheon, the wife of Sagye Kim Jang-saeng and the seventh-generation descendant of Jeoljae Kim Jong-seo, and was built in 1882. Lady Kim was extremely devoted from childhood; at 17 she became the second wife of Master Sagye, and after his death she observed the three-year mourning and then stopped eating and drinking entirely until she passed away. Thereupon the Confucian scholars of Yeonsan petitioned the king, and in Gwangmu 10 (1906) the state granted her a commendation for filial piety and chastity, and she was conferred the title of Jeongbuin. The memorial gate is notable for its ornate style, unusually adopting the dapo bracket system for such a gate. Her descendants inherited Yeomsujae, the jaesil of her husband Kim Jang-saeng, and named it Yeomseonjae. The building has four bays at the front and two at the side with a hip-and-gable roof; at the time of its construction in the 19th year of King Gojong of Joseon (1882) it was a small ritual hall, but in 1913 it was rebuilt into the present structure.

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