Bigyeokjincheonroe

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.860

Category

Craft

Era

조선시대

Designated year

1986

Location

종로구, 서울특별시— 서울 종로구 효자로 12, 국립고궁박물관 (세종로,국립고궁박물관)

Coordinates

37.576571, 126.974851

Invented by Yi Jang-son during the reign of King Seonjo (r. 1567-1608) in the mid-Joseon Period, the long-distance bomb shell was used for killing and injuring men and horses. The surface was made of cast iron, resembling a round gourd; the inside was made such that gunpowder and round metal, which were thin metal pieces, could be loaded. During gunfire, it fires using the gourd-shaped mortar. During the Japanese Invasion in the late 16th century, Gyeongju Mayor Park Ui-jang used it to recapture Gyeongjuseong Fortress. It consists of the wooden barrel whose diameter is 21 cm and whose circumference of 68 cm goes around a fuse, bamboo tube into which the wooden barrel goes (diameter: 5.2 cm), round metal, and iron lid (diameter: 7.6 cm × 8.4 cm). This bomb shell is the best-preserved one among Korea’s relics and is regarded as a national defense, science, technological, and cultural heritage. It also has very high value as a material for firearms research and development history of projectiles.

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