Chuyeonuseongjeon Hall Burial Ground (U Ha-yeong Burial Ground Poham)

This is the burial ground of U Seong-jeon (禹性傳, 1542–1593), a civil official and righteous-army (uibyeong) leader of the mid-Joseon period, and of U Ha-yeong (1741–1812), a Silhak (practical-learning) scholar of the late Joseon period. When the Imjin War, Japan's invasion of Korea, broke out in 1592, U Seong-jeon raised righteous-army troops and procured provisions to relieve war refugees. U Ha-yeong wrote the Cheonillok, a work setting out proposals for reforming the state and society. U Seong-jeon's tomb takes the form of a twin mound (ssangbun), in which he is buried together with his wife of the Yangcheon Heo clan. Befitting the grave of a righteous-army leader, its layout is modest, made up of simple stone furnishings. In front of the mound stand a grave marker, an offering table and an incense-burner stone; at the lower level there is only a single pair of manjuseok (ornamental stone pillars), and no stone figures were erected. The grave marker takes the common round-topped, square-based form (wonsubangbuhyeong) and shows the style of the 17th century. At the entrance to the burial ground stands a sindobi, a stele erected beside a road near a tomb to commemorate the lifetime achievements of a king or high official; this one was erected in 1878, the fifteenth year of Emperor Gojong, with its inscription composed by Yi Ik, known by his pen name Seongho. U Ha-yeong's tomb lies about 50m in a straight line from U Seong-jeon's tomb. It likewise takes the form of a round twin mound, in which he is buried together with his wife of the Pyeongsan Sin clan. The burial ground contains no stone furnishings at all, clearly showing the modest burial customs of a Silhak scholar.

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Where it is

Region

Hwaseong, Gyeonggi

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료