Wolseong Palace Site Bak Clan Lineage Burial Ground

The Wolseong Bak clan descends from Grand Prince Wolseong, the eighth son of King Gyeongmyeong, the 54th king of Silla; the clan began to distinguish itself in the late Goryeo period and flourished greatly in the early and mid-Joseon period. Bak Gu (1337–1404), the clan's mid-line founding ancestor, held the Goryeo office of vice magistrate of the Central Army Judicial Bureau; when Goryeo fell he withdrew into seclusion here, took the pen name Jang-a (meaning 'concealing myself'), and named the mountain behind his home Jangasan. The Wolseong Bak Clan Lineage Burial Ground, on the western hillside of Jangasan (73.6 m above sea level), still contains 11 graves, including those of Bak Gu and his descendants Bak Gan, Bak Hwi, Bak Sin-gyeom, Bak Ho-gyeom and Bak Hong-jung. Among them, Bak Hong-jung, who held the official rank of Tonghun daebu and used the pen name Chusan, was a mid-Joseon literary scholar skilled in both prose composition and calligraphy; after retiring from office he taught younger scholars at Jangasan. The burial mounds, gravestones, stone civil-official figures and guardian posts found in this burial ground reflect the Confucian tomb customs of Joseon-period scholar-officials; in particular, the gravestones of Bak Hwi, Bak Sin-gyeom and Bak Ho-gyeom bear clearly dated inscriptions, making them important epigraphic material for the study of mid-Joseon tomb customs and the history of sculpture.

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Where it is

Region

Namdong-gu, Incheon

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물