Jeonju City Specially Opens the Original Portrait of Joseon’s Founder Taejo

From the 29th of this month to the 18th of next month at Eojin Museum

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] Jeonju City announced on the 25th that from the 29th of this month to the 18th of next month, the original portrait of King Taejo of Joseon, National Treasure No. 317, will be specially exhibited at the Eojin Museum.

The original portrait of King Taejo of Joseon is the only existing portrait of King Taejo Yi Seong-gye.

In Jeonju, the hometown of King Taejo of Joseon, Gyeonggijeon Shrine was established in 1410 after the founding of Joseon, and the portrait of King Taejo was enshrined there. Later, in 1872, the original was worn out and a newly copied version was enshrined at Gyeonggijeon.

The original exhibition will be operated with strict quarantine measures, including limiting the number of visitors according to social distancing levels, temperature checks, hand sanitization, and mandatory mask-wearing.

During this original exhibition, the Ilwol Obongdo folding screen (Provincial Cultural Property No. 224) behind the portrait of King Taejo, and the ceremonial objects such as the dragon boat and phoenix boat (Provincial Cultural Property No. 271), which enhance the king's dignity, will also be displayed together.

For further details, please contact the Curatorial Research Office of the Eojin Museum.

Jeonju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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