Eojeong - Gyeonggijeon, Jeonju, South Korea - Draw Wells on Waymarking.com

This ancient well is part of the Gyeonggijeon Shrine complex. Eojeong (also spelled uhjeong) specifically refers to a well from which water is drawn to make food for the king or to be used in sacrificial tasks performed by the king. The following text is taken from the English-language portion of the sign on site.

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Eojeong was the well for a king. He drank the water drawn from it. Cooks prepared food with the water for the king. Also, the wells that were used for the ancestral memorial services held in Jongmyo (the royal shrine in which mortuary tablets of kings and queens were enshrined) and Sajikdan (the altar at which kings performed religious services to Sa, god of earth and Jik, god of grain for their people) in which kings participated were called eojeongs. The wells in Jingyeongjeon in Gyeongju, Yeongsungjeon in Pyeongyang, and Gyeonggijeon in Jeonju, in which the portraits of King Taejo were enshrined were called eojeongs as well. The buildings had to be kept clean and sacred, so most of them were walled around and locked.

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