Gyeongsan City Designates 'Injijae, Ugyungjae, and Jungbang Nongak' as Local Cultural Heritage No. 1, 2, and 3

Appearance of Inji-jae in Gyeongsan.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Gyeongsan City, Gyeongbuk Province (Mayor Choi Young-jo) designated Inji-jae, U-gyeong-jae, and Jungbang Nongak as Gyeongsan City's Local Cultural Heritage No. 1, 2, and 3, respectively, on the 18th.

Gyeongsan City, which enacted the "Ordinance on the Protection and Management of Local Cultural Heritage" in 2019, held the Local Cultural Heritage Protection Committee in December last year to designate these three items, and after a public notice period, officially announced the designation on this day.

Inji-jae (仁智齋), designated as Gyeongsan City's Local Cultural Heritage No. 1 as a tangible cultural heritage, is located in Wondang-ri, Jain-myeon. It was built as the study place of Seongjae Choi Moon-byeong, a militia leader active in the Jain area during the Japanese invasions of Korea (Imjin War).

After the death of militia leader Choi Moon-byeong, it was relocated and rebuilt at its current location in the early 18th century, and until its restoration in 1986, it is said to have been used as a shrine (祠宇, a house where ancestral tablets are enshrined).

'Ugyeongjae', designated as Gyeongsan City's Local Cultural Heritage No. 2.

U-gyeong-jae (寓敬齋), designated as Gyeongsan City's Local Cultural Heritage No. 2, was built in 1914 in the Chogye Jeong clan's village. U-gyeong-jae was used as a clan shrine and a place for study, and features a front porch (numaru) in the shrine building, which is uncommon in the southern Gyeongbuk region.

Jungbang Nongak, designated as Gyeongsan City's Local Cultural Heritage No. 3, is rooted in the village rituals such as the Dangje (village shrine rites) performed mainly in the Jungbang-dong area of Gyeongsan, including Nongak (traditional farmers' music), Jisinbalgi (ritual to drive away evil spirits), and the 'Footgut' where farmers gathered to play after summer three-field plowing. To this day, the preservation society reenacts Jungbang Nongak, with many Gyeongsan citizens participating as members.

A Gyeongsan City official stated, "The three cultural heritages designated as our city's local cultural heritage, including Gyeongsan Inji-jae, are all historically and academically excellent cultural heritages," and added, "We plan to continue identifying and designating local cultural heritages with high cultural value."

Meanwhile, Gyeongsan City, which currently holds 43 designated (registered) cultural properties, applied last year for provincial designation of three items, including the Buddhist scripture interpretation book "Cheonnogeumganggyeong" at Yeungnam University Central Library.

Additionally, the city is in the process of registering two items: the handwritten calligraphy "Subuseonhaeng (Water Floating Boat)" by patriot Lee Yuk-sa (privately owned) and the "R.S. Hall's Braille Textbook for Blind Girl Oh Bong-rae" at Daegu University's Braille Publishing Museum.

The Nongak troupe activities of the Jungbang Nongak Preservation Society.

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