The Confucian scholars in Asan appealed to King Sukjong to establish a shrine in 1704. The shrine was finally built in 1706 with the approval of the King Sukjong, the 32nd year of his reign. The site that King Sukjong allowed is the present location of the memorial shrine. King Sukjong endowed the tablet, “Hyeonchungsa,” which means memorial shrine. Gangmingong Yi Wan, the nephew of the Admiral Yi, was enshrined in 1727 and Chungmingong Yi Bong-San, the fifth descendant of the Admiral Yi, was enshrined in 1732. The memorial shrine, which also functioned as an auditorium, was abolished in 1868 in accordance with the order of Daewongun. This was the 5th year of King Gojong’s reign. When the protectorate treaty was entered in Nov. 1905, the Confucian scholars who resented the treaty built the Yuheobi, a monument of the memorial shrine in Feb. 1906. The tomb of Admiral Yi was nearly at stake of being handed over to the Japanese since then because of the Japanese oppression. Korean patriots organized an association to preserve the relics of Admiral Yi. All Korean people donated to enhancing the spirits of Korea by remembering and commemorating Admiral Yi. This resulted in the memorial shrine being rebuilt on June 5, 1932. For the first time, the president attended the 417th ceremony celebrating the birthday of Admiral Yi on April 28, 1962. On May 24, 1967, a pure Korean style shrine was built on the same location above the previous shrine in accordance with an order from the deceased president, Bak Jeong-Hui. It was 208m2. The old main shrine was used as a worship shrine and was moved next to the relics center.