Dongnae Local Office Go King Rok

The Dongnae Local Office Go King Rok contains a catalogue of 101 items held by the Dongnae hyangcheong, a Joseon-period local council run by the regional gentry (hyangban), from 1605 to 1805, together with abstracts of sixty major documents relating to the hyangcheong from 1681 to 1903. It records various kinds of documents associated with the Dongnae hyangcheong, including wanui (council resolutions), seomok (document lists), pummok (petitions), jeolmok (regulations), mongnok (catalogues), jeongsik (established procedures), sangso (memorials to the throne), yuneum (royal edicts), bojang (reports), gwanmun (official correspondence) and satong (private communications). Since its discovery and publication, this material has served as a basic historical source for research on the hyangban of the Dongnae region in the late Joseon period and on the production of tribute rice for export to Japan, and has also underpinned research comparing the character of Dongnae hyangban society with that of mucheong (military council) organisations. As one of the foremost primary sources for research on the hyangcheong institution of the late Joseon period, it is of great value as a historical source. That the hyangcheong diary was kept continuously shows that the hyangcheong retained its weight and continuity as the central institution upholding the order of rule by the gentry class. The existence of such material is rare even on a national scale, which makes its documentary value very high. As a manuscript that is unique of its kind, it is also of great bibliographical value, and it is useful as basic material for research on the local and regional history of Busan (Dongnae) and on local education. Given that almost no hyangcheong records survive today, designating the Dongnae Local Office Go King Rok as a Busan Metropolitan City Tangible Cultural Heritage and preserving the original is judged to be highly meaningful.

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Where it is

Region

Nam-gu, Busan

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산