Hyoja-ri Stele, Yangsan

Two steles stand side by side on the lawn in front of the Yangsan-gun Office of Education. Local residents are said to have erected them to honour the memory of filial sons whose stories have been handed down in this area. The steles commemorate Park Chang, who held the jinsa degree (awarded on passing a lower level of the state civil examination) during the reign of Goryeo's King U, and Yi Gong-mi. The inscriptions on both steles are so badly worn that they are difficult to read, but their contents are known from records preserved in the Gazetteer of Yangsan-gun. Park Chang's stele is rectangular in shape; the words 'Hyoja-ri' (Village of the Filial Son) are carved in large characters at the top, with the inscription below. According to the inscription, when Park Chang's father died, he built a mourning hut and grieved bitterly beside it. Two Japanese raiders came bearing swords, but on hearing of his grief they were moved and protected him instead, allowing him to complete the three years of mourning safely. Yi Gong-mi's stele has the upper corners of its body rounded off; the words 'Hyojaji-ri' (Village of a Filial Son) are carved in large characters at the top, with the inscription below. The inscription records that the stele was erected to honour Yi Gong-mi's filial devotion in tending his mother's grave with the utmost sincerity for three years after her death.

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Where it is

Region

Yangsan, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산