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2017-06-01
Chungwon Park, the loyal servant who found and buried the body of King Danjong
Neunggol (near Wongneung Station) Village, Jugyo-dong, Deokgyang-gu of Goyang City has mountains of tens of thousands of pyeong and the family gravesite of the Park Family of Miryang.
The village is called Neunggol because the tombs of the Park family look like royal tombs when seen from the Baedari Village, where the current City Hall is located.
Among the tombs of the Park family that has been constructed since the Goryeo period, the only tomb designated as the Goyang Regional Cultural Asset is the tomb and memorial stone of Sir Park Chungwon.
The tomb of Park, Chungwon where there are two tombs placed next to one another is twin graves for Sir Park and his wife Lady Jeonggyung of Lee family of Seongsan.
Chungwon Park (1507-1581) was a literary man from the mid-Joseon period that learned literature from Sir Kijoon of Bokjae, one of the eight great scholars of Goyang.
After passing the literary exam, he positioned in writing, doctrine, and governor of Yeongwol, after which he served as ambassador, minister, the Minister of Interior, etc.
King Danjong’s royal tomb, Jangneung, is located in Yeongwol, Gagnwondo. At the entrance of the tomb is a chungjeolbi (commemorative stone) for Sir Park Chungwon.
There is an interesting story that explains the commemorative stone.
After King Danjong died unjustly in Yeongwol, his body was not to be retrieved. His body was dumped in front of Cheongyeongpo of Yeongwolseo River (aka Jucheongang).
People feared for death and could not move his body.
After a couple of days, a village foreman named Heungdo Um came by at night to retrieve the body of Danjong and make a tomb at a location told by a deer.
After a long time, the sad history of Danjong slowly faded from the memory of the people.
But strange thing began to happen. Seven district magistrates (governor) positioned to Yeongwol, Gangwon died after months after coming to their job post.
It turns out that the spirit of a dead person was appearing at night, killing the new governors.
Government officials began rejecting the Yeongwol governor position and the Yeongwol district became devastated.
It was at this time that Chungwon Park from Goyang volunteered for the governor position of Yeongwol.
While Governor Park was sleeping, the dead spirit appeared at night.
Surpsied, Chungwon spoke with the spirit and found out that it was deceased King Danjong.
Danjong said that the Heungdo Um’s temporary tomb is abandoned in the mountain, where it’s cold and lonely. He asked Park to find to body and make an official tomb for him.
When Chungwon woke up in the morning there was a deer in the yard. He followed the deer to where the young king was buried.
Chungwon Park and other officers found the body and held a funeral for him and reported to the king to make a tomb that is size of a royal tomb, which is today’s Jangneung.
As his work has been recognized, Sir Park Chungwon’s commemorative stone stands today at the game of Jangneung, Yeongwol.
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