Samcheok Sogongdae Stele

This stele stands beside the old national road in Nogok-ri village, Samcheok, set upon the 'Sogongdae' platform. In 1423, the fifth year of King Sejong, a great famine struck this region and the people suffered from near-starvation. The court dispatched Hwang Hui to serve as governor of Gangwon-do to relieve them, and on taking up his post he devoted himself wholeheartedly to helping the people, who were finally delivered from hardship. Not forgetting his kindness, the people gathered stones at a pass called Wahyeon, where Hwang Hui used to rest from time to time, and built a platform there, naming it 'Sogongdae' to commemorate his achievements. Later, in 1516, the eleventh year of King Jungjong, Hwang Hui's great-great-grandson Hwang Maeng-heon, who had come to serve as governor of Gangwon-do, visited the site, repaired it and erected a stele there, but this was later toppled and broken by wind and rain. The stele that survives today was set up by Hwang Hui's sixth-generation descendant Hwang Jeong-sik, who came to serve as magistrate of Samcheok during the reign of King Seonjo; he removed the old stele and re-erected a new one on the same site. The stele has a simple form, with the body set upon a low, broad base stone, and both upper corners of the body are rounded. Across the upper front of the body the name of the stele, 'Sogongdae Stele', is inscribed horizontally. Erected in 1578, the eleventh year of King Seonjo, it takes the typical form of a mid-Joseon stele; the inscription was composed by Nam Gon, who was chief state councillor at the time, and the calligraphy was written by Song In, Lord Yeowon.

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Where it is

Region

Samcheok, Gangwon

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료