Cultural heritage in Goyang
five-thousand years history
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Cultural heritage encountered on the street | The road to China, Euiju Road
There are many of the cultural assets including Goyang Kawaji rice seed with 5020 years of history, Bukhansan Mountain with global reputation, and Seoreung and Seosamreung as global cultural heritrages. Here is an opportunity to see precious cultural assets that you have missed in the beautiful natural environment in Goyang.
2017-03-20
Tomb of Hongjib Kim, the first prime minister in Korea
Designation number: Regional cultural asset 24
location: 26-1 Daejadong-Mountain, Deokyang-gun, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do
Tomb of Hongjib Kim is located at 200m behind Youngsajung in Daeja-dong, Deokyang-gu, in Goyang-si, and is the representative tomb made in the later Joseon Dynasty in Goyang-si.
As a tomb designated as the regional cultural asset 24 in Goyang-si, this is the tomb buried with the Junggyung Hong from Namyang. In front of the tomb, there is one memorial tomb that seems to be built in Joseon Dynasty in 1896. This is known to be built by the descendant, Jungrok Kim. In front of this stone, there are Sangseok, Honyuseok, and Mangjuseok. In the middle of tomb, there is Jangmyungdeong 長明燈. Hongjib Kim is the government officer and politician in the later Joseon Dynasty serving as the first vice-premier, the second vice premier, and the first prime minister. He is the main character in the modern history of Korea who lead Gapogyeongjang in 1894.
As a moderate liberal party member, he identified the sign of reformation. After the failure of radical liberal party on Gapsinjeongbyeon, he was chosen to be a person to take care of follow-up procedures and alo serve as an important position of the first vice-premier and also foreign affair manager. He concluded the Japan-Korea Treaty in 1885.
Afterwards, his cabinet was dismissed due to Korea royal refugee at the Russian legislation in February, 1896, and he was killed by a crow at Gwanghwamun as he was chosen as 倭大臣 as 親露 reigned.
Afterwards, he was granted with 忠獻 and honored as Daejehak.
Tomb was located at Imjin-myeon at Paju-gun, Gyeonggi-do. However, it was relocated to Daejeri, Byukje-myeon, in Gyeonggi-do after 6.25 Korean War.
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