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Goyang regional cultural property

2017-03-27

Loyal officer of the late Joseon Dynasty who protested against Japanese colony

Han Gyuseol is politician in late Joseon Dynasty and the younger brother of the general manager Chongyungsa Gyujik. He passed the officer exams and served from Hyeonjo to Pododaejang (a police chief). In 1905, he organized and participated in the Uijeongbu government. In November 9 of the same year, the Japan initialized army protests and forced for Eulsajoyak treaty (Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905), but he had insisted on the unfairness of the treaty. After the signing of the treaty, he was fired, returned to hometown and later served as Chief advisor. A baron was awarded by the Japanese government during the Japanese colonies, but he refused and returned in 1930. The tomb of Han Gyuseol is located in Wonheung-dong with Milyang Park. On the right side of the tomb is a stone statue of 190cm high, 50cm wide and 25cm thick and other guiding stones, and in October 1934, the height of the gravestone built by son Yangho was 146cm high, 50cm wide, and 20cm thick.

 

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