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Dedicated to Heung Do Um, Sa Jong Chung and Ik Han Chu
Chungjeolsa Temple
(1028, Yeongheung-ri, Yeongwol-eup, Yeongwol-gun, Gangwon-do)
Chungjeolsa Temple is the shrine where the portraits and ancestral tablets of the deceased Heung Do Um, Sa Jong Chung and Ik Han Chu who showed their loyalty to King Danjong. Every year, the sacrificial rites are performed during the day of pure brightness (Cheongmyeong) and the 105th day after the winter solstice (Hansik).
Sa Jong Chung enshrined at Chungjeolsa Temple served in a government position to aide King Danjong. While serving as Gunwihyeongam, he tried to help with King Danjong’s restoration with Prince Geumseong but failed. After returning to Yeongwol, he loyally aided King Danjong. He left behind a will to his children to never fight for honors and threw himself into the water of Donggang River.
After passing the civil service examination, Ik Han Chu retired to the country in Sura-ri of Yeongwol where he served as Hanseongbu Buyeon. Hearing the news about King Danjong exiled to Cheongryeongpo of Yeongwol, he brought Siberian gooseberry and Korean wild grapes from the mountain to console the young dethroned king.
According to legend, when king Danjong passed away, he told Ik Han Chu that he was on his way to Taebaeksan Mountain on a white horse with sad and fair face wearing winged cap and a dragon robe before disappearing.
