Jangchungdan Altar Stele

This is the stele that once stood at Jangchungdan. Jangchungdan was an altar built to console the spirits of Hong Gye-hun, Yi Gyeong-jik and other officials who died resisting the Japanese during the assassination of Empress Myeongseong in the 32nd year of King Gojong of Joseon (1895). The stele has a simple structure, its body set upon a plain rectangular base. On the front is inscribed the name of the stele, "Jangchungdan," written by Sunjong during his time as crown prince. On the back is an inscription composed by Min Yeong-hwan. When Jangchungdan was built in 1900, by order of Emperor Gojong, the stele was erected together with it. After Japan's annexation of Korea in 1910, the Japanese colonial authorities pulled down the stele, and from the late 1920s they installed various facilities on the site without regard for its character, naming it "Jangchungdan Park." After liberation, all the buildings the Japanese had erected were demolished, and the stele was recovered and re-erected; in 1969 it was moved to its present location, west of Supyogyo Bridge (a Seoul Tangible Cultural Heritage).

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Where it is

Region

Jung-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산