Jukseowonmongnin Burial Ground

This is the burial ground of Won Mong-rin (1648–1674), son-in-law of King Hyojong of Joseon, and Princess Sukgyeong. In 1659, the tenth year of King Hyojong, Won Mong-rin married Princess Sukgyeong, King Hyojong's sixth daughter, becoming Heungpyeongwi, and was later invested as Heungpyeonggun. The burial ground takes the form of a single mound, where Won Mong-rin is buried jointly with Princess Sukgyeong. It is enclosed by a gokjang, a curved wall built around the mound for its protection, and at the base of the mound a perimeter stone border was set to reflect the princess's rank. The myopyo, a gravestone inscribed with the name of the deceased, is relatively large and takes the wonsubangbu form, with a round capstone and a square base. Although it bears no date, the bluish-grey marble and the clear lotus-petal and broken-branch patterns on its base show the style of the late 17th century. The mangjuseok, stone guardian pillars, have crisply carved cloud ornament, and their shafts bear a saeho, an auspicious animal figure carved onto the body of a mangjuseok; unusually, both the left and right saeho climb upward, their faces strongly protruding. The munseogin, a stone civil-official figure, wears a yanggwan cap and jobok court robe and likewise shows the character of the late 17th century. The sindobi, the memorial stele, is of an imposing okgaebangbu form, with a roof-shaped capstone and a square base; its epitaph was composed by Yi Ui-hyeon and inscribed using characters assembled from the calligraphy of Wang Xizhi, with the title in seal script assembled from characters by the Tang-dynasty calligrapher Li Yangbing. This burial ground is important for retaining the status befitting a 17th-century royal princess, its period style and original form well preserved. The stone furnishings are of high artistic merit, and the memorial stele, assembled from the calligraphy of three renowned Chinese masters, is of great value as cultural heritage.

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Where it is

Region

Yeoju, Gyeonggi

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료