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Cemetery of Grand Prince Imyeong

임영대군이구묘역및사당 ( 臨瀛大君李구墓域및祠堂 )

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Grand Prince Imyeong, whose name is Lee Gu (1420 - 1469), was the fourth son of King Sejong of the Joseon Dynasty.
The cemetery of Grand Prince Imyeong centers around the shrine, with the tomb of Grand Prince Imyeong to the west and the tomb of Princess Consort Jean to the west. The tomb of Grand Prince Imyeong was made by preparing three platforms with jangdaeseok (long polished stone), forming the burial mount at the uppermost part, and installing the jangmyeongdeung (stone lantern) on the second platform and the pair of muninseok (stone figure) at the very bottom. The jangmyeongdeung and muninseok are outstanding works that represent the mausoleum stone figures of the late 15th century.

The tomb of Princess Consort Jean has two platforms of jangdaeseok (long polished stone), with the burial mount at the uppermost part and the jangmyeongdeung and muninseok below. The myopyo in front of her burial mound was made in 1476 in the shape of hayeopsu (stone head in the shape of a lotus leaf), and the jaengmyeongdeung and muninseok are estimated to be from the same period.

The shrine of Grand Prince Imyeong is a square girder house with three kan in front and two kan to the side, with an open toekan (half the size of a kan formed to the front and back or left and right of a body consisting of regular kans) at the front. The interior is blocked by walls for each kan to divide the area into three rooms. The eokan (center kan when the building in seen from the front) is installed with the judok (chest containing the ancestral tablet) to house the ancestral tablets of Grand Prince Imyeong and Princess Consort Jean, and the ancestral rites table and incense burner table were placed in front. The utensils and garments used in ancestral rites are stored in the hyeopkan (rooms placed between the central room and toekan) to the left and right.