Samneung Royal Tombs (Gongneung, Sunneung and Yeongneung), Paju

Basic information

Designation

Historic Site No.205

Category

유적지

Era

공릉 : 1462년(세조 8) | 순릉 : 1474년(성종 5) | 영릉 : 1729년(영조 5)

Designated year

1970

Location

파주시, 경기도— 경기 파주시 조리읍 삼릉로 89 (봉일천리)

Coordinates

37.741497, 126.828889

This is a royal tomb complex where Gongneung, Sunneung and Yeongneung are placed together. Gongneung is the tomb where Queen Jangsun (1445∼1461), the wife of the eighth king of Joseon, is buried. Daughter of Han Myeong-hoe, a noted vassal at that time, she became the wife of the crown prince in 1460 but passed away after one year. Since Gongneung was the resting place for the wife of the crown prince, there was no stone screen or balustrade, only several stone slabs protecting the tombs. The wrinkling on the clothes of the civil officer statue displays the method of the early Joseon Dynasty, but it is not delicate. It is usual for the red colored path from the door to the tomb to be straight but in this tomb it is straightly curved in the middle because of the geographic features. This is the only tomb among the Joseon royal tombs with a curved path. Sunneung is the tomb where Queen Gonghye (1456∼1474), the wife of King Seongjong, is buried. She passed away five years after becoming queen. The bottom circumference of the tomb is embosomed in a balustrade and surrounded by stone sculptures. Little decorated pillars on the balustrade are modeled after those in Geonwonneung and in Heonneung and illustrate the style of the early Joseon Dynasty.

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