Historic Site Related to Jeon Bong-jun, Jeongeup

Basic information

Designation

Historic Site No.293

Category

유적지

Era

조선시대 후기

Designated year

1981

Location

정읍시, 전북특별자치도— 전북 정읍시 이평면 조소1길 20 (장내리)

Coordinates

35.670919, 126.814611

This is the house of Jeon Bong-jun (1855-1895), the main leader of the Donghak Peasant Movement. In 1890, the 27th ruling year of the reign of Emperor Gojong, when he was in his thirties, Jeon Bong-jun who had been born into a family of an impoverished aristocrat, joined Donghak, which was a movement that advocated social justice by mixing three religions, Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. He was appointed as Jeopju (responsible priest) to Gobu region by Choe Si-hyeong, the second leader of Donghak. He led the movement, organizing farmers and other followers against overbearing officials. This thatched house was built in 1878, the 15th ruling year of Emperor Gojong’s reign. It had four rooms at the front at the front and one at the side, and the inner house was built facing the south. The kitchen, main room, upper room and end room are arranged in a line from the east, an orientation which is is different from that of the average house in the southern area.

Location