Ojukheon
Ojukheon in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, South Korea, is where the most prominent Korean Confucian scholar of the Joseon Dynasty Yi I and his mother Shin Saimdang were born. The background of the South Korean 5,000 won note is Ojukheon.
Meaning
The meaning of the Ojukheon is the place where there is much black bamboo.Buildings
The following buildings are parts of the Ojukheon complex:- The Ojukheon house itself, with Mongnyongsil 몽룡실 : the room where Yi I was born. Ojukheon is one of the oldest remaining Korean wooden buildings and has been nominated Korean National Cultural Heritage No. 165.
- Munseongsa Shrine 문성사, the place where the Portrait of Yi I is and Munseong is another nickname of Yi I. There are also the inkstone which Yi I used and Gyeongmongyogyeol
- Eojegak
- Yulgok Memorial Hall
- Gangneung City Museum