The area initially hosted the shrine of Royal Noble Consort Suk-bin Choi, the birth mother of King Yeongjo, in 1725 (the 1st year of King Yeongjo) and was named the Sukbinmyo In 1744 (the 20th year of King Yeongjo), it was renamed "Yuksangmyo," until the name changed again to "Yuksanggung Shrine" under the policy of Gungwonje (a system of elevating the status of shrines and tombs of concubines who produced kings) in 1753 (the 29th year of King Yeongjo).

Later, all shrines scattered within the four gates of Hanyang, namely Yeonhogung Shrine, Jeogyeonggung Shrine, Daebingung Shrine, Seonhuigung Shrine, and Gyeongugung Shrine, were relocated to Yuksanggung Shrine during the King Gojong and Emperor Sunjong periods. Deogangung Shrine was the last to move into the complex in 1929, completing the present-day Chilgung Shrine (meaning the Seven Shrines). Chilgung Shrine hosts the ancestral tablets of seven royal concubines, but there are only five shrine buildings, as Yeonhogung Shrine and Gyeongugung Shrine belong to Yuksanggung Shrine and Seonhuigung Shrine, respectively, housing two tablets each. Other than shrine buildings, structures such as the ritual hall (the room where rites are prepared), Pungwolheon, Songjukjae, Samnakdang, and Naengcheonjeong are all later additions built during the reign of King Yeongjo when Yuksanggung Shrine was established.