Ojukheon

Ojukheon in Gangneung, Kangwon, South Korea, is the place where the most prominent Korean Confucian scholar of the Joseon Dynasty Yi I (whose image is on the South Korean 5,000 Won note) and his mother Shin Saimdang (whose image is on the 50,000 Won note) were born. The background of South Korean 5,000 Won note is Ojukheon.^[1]

Meaning

The meaning of the Ojukheon is the place where there are lots of black bamboo.

Buildings

Munseongsa Shrine 문성사(文成祠) - Munseongsa Shrine is the place where the Portrait of Yi I is and Munseong is the another nickname of Yi I. There are also the inkstone which Yi I used and Gyeongmongyogyeol (the book which Yi I wrote)

Mongnyongsil 몽룡실(夢龍室) - the building where Yi I was born.

Eojegak 어제각(御製閣) -

Yulgok Memorial Hall 율곡기념관

Gangneung City Museum 강릉시립박물관

Attraction

Nowadays, Ojukheon is not only attraction but also museum. Ojukheon was nominated Korean National Cultural Heritage No. 165.

Ojukheon is one of the oldest Korean wooden buildings.

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