Samdo Island Hae Cloud Gong Gwan Stele

These are nine steles in all, which had long stood scattered along a village road and have since been brought together in one place. Three of them are seondeokbi, steles praising the benevolent rule of a local magistrate (hyeongam), while the remaining six are haeunpangwan-bi, steles for commissioners of sea transport. A haeunpangwan was an official who collected tax grain, had it stored in warehouses built in the three provinces of Chungcheong, Jeolla and Gyeongsang, or shipped it by sea to Seoul. These steles were erected to commemorate the integrity of the officials who, from 1523, the eighteenth year of King Jungjong of Joseon, built a warehouse here and were responsible for storing the grain and transporting it to Seoul. The front of each stele is inscribed with the same name, "Samdo Haeunpangwan-bi" (Stele of the Sea Transport Commissioners of the Three Provinces). Of the nine steles, the oldest was erected in 1649, the twenty-seventh year of King Injo, and the most recent in 1708, the thirty-fourth year of King Sukjong.

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Where it is

Region

Asan, Chungnam

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료