Bannam Bak Clan Dae Lineage Burial Ground

The Bannam Bak Clan Dae Lineage Burial Ground is the ancestral graveyard of ten members of the Bannam Bak clan, from the eighth to the fourteenth generation. They are Sajik-gong Bak Byeong-mun, Sangju-gong Bak Im-jong, Gyori-gong Bak Eok-nyeon, Jeongnang-gong Bak Jo-nyeon, Yusa-gong Bak Jip, Dojeong-gong Bak Eung-in, Sama-gong Bak Dong-gi, Hogun-gong Bak Dong-wi, Left State Councillor Bak Dong-seon, and his son Bak Jeong. Bak Jeong received the merit title of Meritorious Subject of the Restoration and the honorary title Geumju-gun for his role in the Injo Restoration. Among the cultural heritage of this burial ground, the epitaph on the spirit-path stele of Seopo-gong Bak Dong-seon was composed in 1707 by the eminent Nonsan scholar Myeongjae Yun Jeung and written out by Yi Ryeom, while the epitaph on the spirit-path stele of Geumju-gun Bak Jeong was composed in 1712 by Baekheon Yi Gyeong-seok — the loyal minister present at King Injo's humiliation at Samjeondo during the Manchu invasion of 1636 — and written out by Bak Pil-gi. The Bannam Bak clan traces its origin to Bak Eung-ju, the ho-jang (local headman) of Bannam-hyeon in Naju during the reign of King Gojong of Goryeo. It is a distinguished lineage that includes, from the early Joseon period, State Councillor of the Left Pyeongdo-gong Bak Eun; Queen Inseong, consort of King Injong; Queen Uiin, consort of King Seonjo; Hyeonmok Yubi, mother of King Sunjo; five royal sons-in-law; seven state councillors; 202 who passed the munkwa examination; 460 who passed the samasi examination; five renowned sages and ministers of Korea; Bak Se-chae, enshrined in the Confucian Shrine of Seonggyungwan; Bak Se-dang, a pioneer of Silhak (Practical Learning); Yeonam Bak Ji-won, author of the Yeolha ilgi (Jehol Diary); Hwanjae Bak Gyu-su, a forerunner of enlightenment thought; Bak Jeong-yang, prime minister and Korea's first minister to the United States; Geumneung Doui Bak Yeong-hyo, the first to use the Taegeukgi National Flag; and the independence activists Bak Chan-ik and his son Bak Yeong-jun.

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Where it is

Region

Geomdan-gu, Incheon

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물