Uiguchong Tomb

This is the tomb of a dog, located in Ilseon-ri village. It honours the loyalty of a dog that gave its life to save its master, and four panels of the Uigudo (Painting of the Righteous Dog), depicting the loyal dog's deeds, are preserved together with the tomb. According to tradition, a man named Kim Seong-bal, who lived in Sanyang-ri, Haepyeong-myeon, kept a dog that was very intelligent and never left its master's side. One day, returning home from a neighbouring village, the master grew drunk and fell asleep by the roadside. A fire broke out in the nearby fields and put him in danger, whereupon the dog, startled, ran to the distant Nakgang River, soaked its tail in the water, and returned again and again to douse the flames, until it collapsed from exhaustion and died. When the master woke from his drunken sleep and realised what had happened, he was deeply moved, and gathered up the dog's body and buried it. Each panel of the Uigudo measures 6.4 m in width, 6.6 m in height and 0.24 m in depth. The tomb resembles a human grave, with a diameter of 2 m and a height of 1.10 m. In 1665, the sixth year of King Hyeonjong, An Eung-chang, magistrate of Seonsan, is said to have written the story of the righteous dog in the Uiyeoldo (Register of the Righteous and Loyal), and in 1685, the eleventh year of King Sukjong, a painter produced the four panels of the Uigudo. The tomb was partly damaged by road construction in 1952 but was thoroughly restored in 1993.

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Where it is

Region

Gumi, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산