Gujeongnamjae Hall Burial Ground

Gujeong Nam Jae (1351–1419) belonged to the Uiryeong Nam clan; his courtesy name was Gyeongji and his pen name was Gujeong-geosa. He was a meritorious subject who helped found Joseon and was enfeoffed as Prince Uiryeong (Uiryeong-buwongun). At the Gujeongnamjae Hall Burial Ground, the uppermost tomb belongs to Nam Jae's parents, Nam Eul-beon and his wife; below it lies Nam Jae's own tomb, and below that the tomb of Lady Sin-in of the Uiryeong Nam clan. Further down the slope stand an ancestral shrine, a pavilion housing a sindobi (a memorial stele recording a notable life), and a jaesil, a house used in preparing ancestral rites. Nam Jae's tomb is divided into tiers by long dressed stones. Above stands an elongated rectangular burial mound with a grave marker (myopyo), and below it stand stone statues of civil officials (munin-seok). The grave marker, in the wonsu-bangbu style — a stele with a round capstone on a square base — was erected by his descendants in 1898 (the second year of the Gwangmu era) to replace the earlier, by-then ancient stone tablet (myogal). The civil official statues are depicted wearing bokdu-gongbok, official court dress with a winged cap. Below the burial ground stands Nam Jae's sindobi stele, in the gaeseok-bangbu style, with a roof-shaped capstone on a square base. Its inscription was composed by his descendant Nam Gu-man (1629–1711), written out by Nam Gong-cheol (1760–1840), and its seal-script title was written by Nam I-ik (1757–1833). The stele was erected in 1832.

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Namyangju, Gyeonggi

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료