Gyeongsuyeondo Painting, Yeoju

In 1691, the seventeenth year of King Sukjong's reign, the king granted rice and silk to officials who were caring for mothers aged seventy or older, and held a banquet to mark the occasion. Seven of these officials took part, and so the great ladies, daughters-in-law, granddaughters-in-law and scholar-officials of their seven households were invited. This painting, the Gyeongsuyeondo of Yeoju, recreates the scene of that banquet. When it was designated a Gyeonggi-do tangible cultural heritage, its owner was recorded as being in Gangcheon-myeon, Yeoju, and so it was given the name "Gyeongsuyeondo of Yeoju". The scroll consists of a written description of the layout of the banquet hall, a painted scene of the banquet, and a eulogy and postscript composed by Gwon Hae (1639–1704). The painting shows the banquet taking place simultaneously in three separate spaces: the first building, on the far right, shows the wives of the seven invited families at their banquet; the second shows the high officials at theirs; and the last shows ordinary scholar-officials at theirs. Between the first and second buildings sit musicians playing instruments. The postscript appended to Gwon Hae's eulogy records in detail the history behind the painting. The banquet scene appears to have been painted in 1691, but it is thought that the eulogy and postscript were joined to it to form a single scroll in 1711, the thirty-seventh year of King Sukjong's reign. Although the three spaces are distinct, the work follows the tradition of depicting simultaneous banquet scenes within a single composition. As a seventeenth-century painting, it is of very high historical value for the setting and scenes of the banquet as well as for its format and painting style.

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Where it is

Region

Yeoju, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산