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Footsteps
ma-seok,”usedtogetoffofahorse.“Yeongjo,the21stkingofJoseon,wasknownforvisitingChilgung
247 times during his 51-year reign.” About 300 years ago, Yeongjo would dismount from a horse here
andwalkintoseehismotheraftercleansinghisbodyandmindinSong-juk-jaeandPung-wol-heon.The
king’sloveforhismothertouchedthereporter’sheart.
Argus
The
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Geum-chae
ⓒNa
▲Song-juk-jae and Pung-wol-heon are located in the same
▲Ha-ma-seokisastonestepthatwasusedintheJoseonDynasty.
building.
Yuksang-gung
The reporter could see the shrine after crossing a wooden bridge next to Song-juk-jae and Pung-wol-
heon. The last entrance to the shrine, Sam-mun, was composed of three gates standing in a row. The
andYeonho-gung:
interestingpartwasthatthemiddleonewashigherthantheothertwo.“Themiddlegateanditspathare
Theshrinesof
for the dead, so follow me this way, please.” Following a Confucian rule of entry, “Dong-ip-seo-chul”-
mother-in-lawand
meaning“Goinbytheeastgateandoutbythewestgate,”thereporterenteredthroughtheeastgate.
daughter-in-law
The signboard of this shrine read Yeonho-gung. The reporter, who had expected Yuksang-gung,
approached the shrine. The reporter could find the signboard of Yuksang-gung hidden behind that of
Yeonho-gung only on closer approach to the shrine. “Yuksang-gung and Yeonho-gung were combined
into one shrine in 1870. When our ancestors united the two shrines, they placed the elder’s signboard
behindthatoftheyoungerpersonageinaccordancewithConfucianetiquette.”Unfortunately,theshrines
were closed except during the memorial service, so the reporter could not see the memorial tablets in
person.However,thereportercouldimaginetheinsideoftheshrinesthroughtheexplanationandguide
board.
“IntheJoseonDynasty,therewasarulecalled“Seo-sangpolicy.”Itmeansthatthememorialtablets
ofeldersaretobeenshrinedinthewest.Therefore,thetabletontheleftisforSuk-binChoiandtheother
one is for Jeong-bin Yi.” The most intriguing part was the relationship between these two concubines.
Suk-bin Choi was Yeongjo’s mother, while Jung-bin Yi was Yeongjo’s concubine. “There is no exact
record of why the two tablets were enshrined together. However, many people guess that it is stemmed
fromtheircloserelationshipcomparedtootherconcubines.”Imaginingamother-in-lawanddaughter-in-
lawtalkinginafriendlymanner,thereportermovedtothewesternsectionofChilgung.
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The
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Geum-chae
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▲Suk-bin Choi and Jeong-bin Yi are enshrined together in one
▲The signboard of Yuksang-gung is hidden behind that of
building.
Yeonho-gung.
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