Revered as the birthplace of the paragon of Korean womanhood, Sin Saimdang (1504–51), and her son, the philosopher and government official Yi Yulgok (1536–84), this complex contains one of the oldest surviving Joseon-dynasty homes.
Ojukheon in Gangneung, Kangwon, South Korea, is the place where the most prominent Korean Confucian scholar of the Joseon Dynasty Yi I (whose image is on the South Korean 5,000 Won note) and his mother Shin Saimdang (whose image is on the 50,000 Won note) were born. The background of South Korean 5,000 Won note is Ojukheon.
Revered as the birthplace of the paragon of Korean womanhood, Sin Saimdang (1504–51), and her son, the philosopher and government official Yi Yulgok (1536–84), this complex contains one of the oldest surviving Joseon-dynasty homes.
Ojukheon in Gangneung, Kangwon, South Korea, is the place where the most prominent Korean Confucian scholar of the Joseon Dynasty Yi I (whose image is on the South Korean 5,000 Won note) and his mother Shin Saimdang (whose image is on the 50,000 Won note) were born. The background of South Korean 5,000 Won note is Ojukheon.
