Chungokjeong Pavilion Stand Burial Ground

This is the grave of Jeong Tak (pen name Chungok, 1363–1423), a meritorious subject who helped found the Joseon dynasty. In 1392 he assisted Yi Seong-gye and was honoured as a Meritorious Subject of the Founding, rising to the post of Daesaseong, head of the national academy; then in 1398, the year King Jeong Jong took the throne, he assisted Yi Bang-won during the First Strife of Princes and was named a second-class Meritorious Subject for Quelling Disorder. The burial ground has a distinctive form: a large, square-shaped mound fronted at its base by a U-shaped border of stones. This is a late-Goryeo style of grave construction that survived into the early Joseon period; a similar form is also found in the nearby burial ground of State Councillor Hwang Hui, also in Paju, allowing the two to be compared. The burial ground is terraced into three tiers, divided by long, flat boundary stones. To the right of the front of the mound stands a grave stele inscribed with the name of the deceased, in the common form with a rounded cap stone atop a square base; the marble body of the stele is so badly worn that its inscription can no longer be read with the naked eye. A pair of civil-official statues stand at either end of the middle tier, wearing the cap and official court robe of a civil minister, with thick beards; their hands, holding ceremonial tablets, are hidden within their sleeves, and the figure-eight drape of the robes and the shallow carving of the bodies reflect the style of the first half of the 15th century. This burial ground is significant for showing a distinctive early-Joseon grave style carried on from Goryeo tradition, and its well-preserved original form gives it high heritage value.

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Where it is

Region

Paju, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물