Nongamgakja

This engraving was carved on four rocks, their front faces dressed smooth, to mark the former site of the pavilion of Nongam Yi Hyeon-bo (1467-1555). Yi Hyeon-bo passed the state civil service examination in 1498, the fourth year of King Yeonsangun, and afterwards held central posts such as Examining Officer of the Yemungwan (Office of Special Advisers) and Inspector of the Sagananwon (Office of the Censor-General), as well as provincial posts as magistrate of Miryang, Andong and Chungju. He went on to serve as Vice Minister of Punishments and Vice Minister of Taxation, and in 1542, at the age of seventy-six, he retired from office citing illness and spent his final years back in his hometown. He was a leading literary figure of the Joseon period who composed sijo, Korean vernacular poems, on the theme of nature, and he holds an important place in the history of Korean literature. On the rocks the phrase 'Nongam Seonsaeng Jeongdae Gujang' (Nongam's Old Estate of the Pavilion and Terrace) is carved in intaglio, two characters to a rock. Each character measures about 75 cm, making this the largest engraved lettering in the Andong region. To keep the rocks from being submerged by the construction of Andong Dam, they were relocated to their present site in 1975 and have been preserved there ever since.

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Where it is

Region

Andong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산