Gyeongsugongju Placenta Chamber and Stele

A placenta chamber (taesil) is a small stone chamber enshrining the placenta of a king or royal descendant. From early times, the royal court is said to have sought out renowned mountains across the country to build such chambers and bury placentas, in the hope of ensuring the prosperity of the royal house and the health and long life of its descendants. Such a mountain is called a Taebongsan, and a placenta stele (taebi) is a marker erected before the chamber to announce its presence. This is the only placenta chamber and stele in the Ulsan region. The front of the stele reads "Placenta Chamber of Royal Princess Hapwan-agissi," and the back reads "Erected on the sixth day of the eighth month of the twenty-first year of Chenghua." This inscription shows that it was erected in 1485, the sixteenth year of King Seongjong, and that the chamber belonged to Princess Gyeongsuk. The chamber was looted in the early 1970s, but the National Museum of Korea fortunately recovered two placenta jars and one placenta plaque (taeji) from the site, which it now holds in its collection.

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Where it is

Region

Ulju, Ulsan

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산