Suncheon Imcheongdae

Suncheon Imcheongdae is the platform where Jo Wi (1454–1503) and Kim Goeng-pil (1454–1504) — scholar-officials exiled to the Suncheon area in 1498, the fourth year of Yeonsangun's reign, following the Muo sahwa, a purge of scholar-officials that year — piled up stones and used to meet. Jo Wi named it "Imcheongdae", meaning "always keep the mind clear." Jo Wi arrived in exile at Suncheon in 1498, while Kim Goeng-pil was first sent to Huicheon in Pyeongan-do before being transferred to the Suncheon area in 1499. In 1565, the twentieth year of King Myeongjong's reign, Yi Jeong (1512–1571), newly appointed magistrate of Suncheon, erected the Imcheongdae Stele to honour their virtue and also built Okcheon Seowon, a Confucian academy. It now stands to the right of the Gyeonghyeonmun Gate of Okcheon Seowon. Suncheon Imcheongdae has a double pedestal: the lower stone is plain, while the upper stone is carved with downward-facing lotus petals and supports the body of the stele above it. This is unusual compared with typical Joseon-period steles. It measures 135 cm in height and 70 cm in width.

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Where it is

Region

Suncheon, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산