Tomb of General Kwon Yul

This description was machine-translated from the Korea Tourism Organization's Korean original.

This is the tomb of Manchwidang General Gwon Yul (1537–1599), a civil official of the mid-Joseon period. After passing the civil service examination in the 15th year of King Seonjo’s reign (1582), he held various government posts, and at age 55 he was appointed magistrate of Uiju and defended against the Jurchen of the northern frontier. In the burial ground, centered on the general’s tomb, his first wife of the Changnyeong Jo clan and his second wife of the Juksan Park clan are interred to the left and right; in front of the tomb are a tombstone, an offering stone, an incense burner stone, and a pair of boy attendant stones, with a pair of pillar stones and a pair of civil official stones to the left and right. On the hill behind General Gwon Yul’s tomb, the tombs of his elder brother Gwon Sun and his father Gwon Cheol are placed in succession. The memorial stele at the entrance to the burial ground was re-erected in 1861 (the 12th year of King Cheoljong) by the general’s descendants because the inscription on the existing stele had worn away; it records the general’s life along with content about his descendants. The ritual house below the tomb, used to manage the grave and prepare ancestral rites, is not open to the public. It takes about 10 minutes by car from Songchu IC. Nearby are Jangheung Tourist Site (Cheongam Folk Museum, Gana Art Center, Doori Land, Yangju Municipal Jang Ukjin Art Museum, Yangju Municipal Min Bokjin Art Museum, Songam Space Center, Jangheung Native Botanical Garden, etc.), Songchu Resort, Ilyeong Resort, Bukhansan National Park, the National ASEAN Natural Recreation Forest, Feelux Lighting Museum, and Hoeamsa Temple Site.