Chongnyu Pavilion stands on the Chongnyu Cliff of Moran Hill in Pyongyang.

   The pavilion was originally a gatehouse of Jonghae Gate, the western gate of the Inner Wall of the Walled City of Pyongyang during the period of Koguryo Dynasty.

   Later, it was moved to the present place and named Chongnyu Pavilion.

   Its name derives from the Chongnyu Cliff on which it was built.

   Though it is of a very simple architectural structure, its scale and construction methods are offering window to the excellence of architectural style of pavilion by our predecessors during the Koguryo period, and primes as a pavilion.

   The pavilion is of a single-story with three bays on the front and two bays in the flanks.

   The pavilion, with its hip-saddle roof supported by ten tapering pillars erected on low planar bases, further complements the beautiful scenery of the Chongnyu Cliff.

   The pavilion is a beloved place of cultural recreation of people.