Neungwondaegunibo Burial Ground

Prince Neungwon, Yi Bo (1598-1656), was the younger brother of King Injo, the 16th king of Joseon, and the son of the posthumously honoured King Wonjong. He became the heir of Uianggun, a prince of King Seonjo, and was thereby enfeoffed as Prince Neungwon; after the Injo Restoration, when Wonjong was posthumously honoured as king, he was raised to the rank of daegun, grand prince. The tomb of Prince Neungwon was originally built at Pungyang (present-day Jinjeop-eup, Namyangju), but was relocated to its present site in 1689. At the time of relocation, the stone furnishings of the tomb were made, on the order of King Sukjong, from stone quarried on Ganghwa. The tomb of Prince Neungwon consists of a burial mound encircled by a round guardian stone (hoseok), a curved low enclosing wall (gokjang), a memorial stone (myopyo, 1707), a soul table (honyuseok), an offering table (sangseok), an incense-burner stone (hyangnoseok), child-attendant stone figures (dongjaseok), a pair of square stone pillars (manjuseok), civil-official stone figures (munin seok), and a stone lantern (jangmyeongdeung). About 100 metres southeast of the tomb stands a sindobi, a memorial stele recounting the prince's life and achievements. Both the memorial stone and the stele record that they were erected by the Naesusa, the royal household's financial office, on the order of King Sukjong. The stonework of this tomb, produced by the Naesusa on King Sukjong's order, is of outstanding quality and can be regarded as representative of tomb stonework of the early 18th century.

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Namyangju, Gyeonggi

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료