Heonjong Taebongdo

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2175

Category

Painting

Era

1847년(헌종 13) 경

Designated year

2022

Location

성남시, 경기도— 경기도 성남시 분당구 하오개로 323 (운중동, 한국학중앙연구원)

Coordinates

37.391826, 127.055645Kakao address conversion

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The Heonjong Tae Bong Do portrays the royal placental burial site ceremony established in 1827 in the Okgye-ri area of Deoksan County, Chungcheongnam-do Province. Following Heonjong's throne ascension in 1834, the formal placental site royal elevation ceremonial process (Tae Bong gaebok) occurred only in 1847, meticulously documented in the period's comprehensive ceremonial protocol records. The artistic composition demonstrates classical landscape painting structural conventions employing traditional foreground, middle-distance, and distant-view spatial arrangements with village structures featuring visible residential roofing positioned in the composition foreground, the burial site surrounded by abundant pine forest vegetation positioned at composition center, and distant mountains rendered summarily in background recession with minimal detail. The central burial site maintains compositional prominence through its strategic positioning and surrounding mountain landscape arrangement, with dense forest vegetation positioned directly beneath the burial chamber structure, while upper surrounding landscape areas render as empty background space, thereby achieving visual isolation and monumentality. The burial chamber itself receives meticulous detailed representation depicting characteristic flower-roof capstone architectural elements, octagonal stone balustrade railings, and sculptured turtle-base pedestals supporting inscribed stone monuments positioned anteriorly. Unlike other Tae Bong Do compositions examined, this specimen emphasizes landscape painting aesthetics instead of cartographic representation conventions. The execution demonstrates accomplished brushwork rendering mountain peaks with substantial weighty monumentality; gentle pigment coloring provides volumetric dimensionality; delicate light-blue and pale-green pigmentation combinations establish mysterious, contemplative atmospheric effects. This composition exemplifies Joseon royal court painting traditions documenting placental interment ceremony cultural practices extending historically from ancient Three Kingdom period traditions through the Joseon dynasty's establishment of specialized sacred burial ceremony protocols.

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