The Jongbuk Temple is a shrine located at the southern foot of Mt Sungam in Sungam Workers’ District, Kyongsong County, North Hamgyong Province.
It was built in memory of four renowned persons who performed feats in opening up the northern region of Korea, including Yun Kwan in the period of Koryo Kingdom (918-1392) and Kim Jong So during the feudal Joson dynasty (1392-1910).
It was originally called Ro Hall when built in 1437 and renamed Jongbuk Temple in 1845.
It was destroyed by foreign invaders in 1868 and rebuilt at the same site in 1901.
The temple surrounded by a square fence and there is the Jongbuk Pavilion at the front as an entrance to the temple.
In the middle of the area inside the fence there is the Yanghyon Hall.
Behind the lecture hall there are the main temple and a pavilion built in memory of Yun Mun Suk who was a government official in the period of Koryo.
The two-storey Jongbuk Pavilion with gabled roofs is painted colourfully.
The Yanghyon Hall is a gabled building on the stylobate and its right and left rooms have underfloor heating.
The Jongbuk Temple is in good preservation as a historic site which provides valuable information about the architecture of the feudal Joson dynasty and the history of opening-up of the northern region of Korea.
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