Gapyeong Byeolmyo

Byeolmyo is a shrine enshrining the portrait of Nam Do-jin (1674–1735), located in Eumbang, Bangil-ri, Seorak-myeon, Gapyeong-gun. The portrait enshrined in this shrine is a scroll measuring 120 cm in width and 200 cm in length, painted in June 1728 by Ham Se-hwi, a renowned painter of King Sukjong's era in the Joseon Dynasty, with the sense of line in the figure well preserved in its original form. The portrait was kept by descendants until his 6th-generation descendant, Nam Jeong-cheol (1840–1916), a prominent scholar, politician, and diplomat of the late Joseon period who served as Minister of Rites, built a shrine here on February 7, 1888, to enshrine it, holding an annual ritual on July 7th of the lunar calendar. In the spring of 1985, descendants rebuilt it by adding a wooden veranda in the traditional house style. The portrait features an inscription written by Nam Do-jin, a eulogy in clerical script by his friend Park Chang-eon praising its beauty, a eulogy by Jo Bong-ju, and a mark indicating that Ham Se-hwi painted it in 'Musin June Haweon' (戊申六月下院).

(Source: Gapyeong Culture & Tourism website)