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Yeongjugwan Site in Jeju-mok Government Office
There used to be Historical Site No. 380 Yeongjugwan, a major building of Jeju-mok Government Office, on this site, Yeongjugwan is the name of Gaeksadaecheong. Gaeksa means a major building of a government office complex in the Joseon Dynasty where a tablet was set to symbolize the king and a ritual called Manggowlrye was held to honor the king on the first and fifth day each month. It was also used to accommodate dispatched government officers from the royal court. Gaeksa was given the name of the province in which it was located. As such, the gaeksa in Jeju was named Yeongjugwan after the former name of Jeju, Yeongju. It is not known when the construction began. However, it is said that a provincial governor, Lee Woohang resumed the construction in 1689 and a provincial governor, Lee Gyuseong repaired the building in 1706 followed by an executive officer, Jo Gyeong-won in 1803. According to the record, Jeju Public Primary School (now Buk Elementary School) established in 1907 moved to this site in 1908 and this building was used as the school building. Various monuments from the latter part of the Tamna period (the United Silla period) to the Joseon Dynasty were excavated at this location from 2013 through 2015. Seven housing lots, six spots to set up a wall on, three drains and two furnaces from the Joseon Dynasty were discovered in the upper layer. Several pits to build a house from the Koryo Dynasty were partially discovered in the middle layer. Also found were fourteen pits to build a house from the Tamna period in the lower layer.
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