Mansongjeong

We operate a separate guest house called Mansongjeong Guesthouse. The pavilion itself, Mansongjeong, was built in 1926 by Choi Chan-hae to educate young scholars from the Gyeongju region. He named it for his pen name, Mansong. His great-great-grandfather, Jahuiong Choi Chi-deok, had already built Jongojeong and devoted himself to nurturing talented people, a commitment Mansong carried on. Mansong kept Jongojeong open as a retreat for his father's fellow scholars. He used Mansongjeong for his own studies and character development, and to teach students. After liberation, amid national and social turmoil, he said, "The path to saving the nation lies in nurturing young talent," and used his personal wealth to establish the Mansong Education Foundation. He founded what is now Seondeok Girls' Middle and High School.