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| ▲This photo, provided by National Palace Museum of Korea, 'Hanging Board Inscribed with King Yeongjo's Reminiscene about a Time with His Grandson.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, provided by National Palace Museum of Korea, shows King Yeongjo. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- On March 21, 1774, King Yeongjo, who was eight-one at the time, took his grandson to Gyeongbonggak Hall, where imperial letters from Chinese emperors of Ming Dynasty were stored.
Paying respects at Hongmungwan, Chunbang, and Seungjeongwon, he wrote about his feelings the next day.
The National Palace Museum of Korea announced on Tuesday that they have selected "Hanging Board Inscribed with King Yeongjo's Reminiscene about a Time with His Grandson" as its "Curator's Choice from the Royal Treasures" for the month of November.
Yeongjo was the 21st monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea, and his reign lasted 53 years, the longest among Joseon kings.
Yeongjo's reign was marked by his persistent efforts to reform the taxation system and minimize and reconcile the factional fighting under his Tangpyeong policy.
"Hanging Board Inscribed with King Yeongjo's Reminiscene about a Time with His Grandson" is a relic that can glimpse the life of Yeongjo in his old days.
King, 81 years old at the time, gave a sermon at Hongmungwan, office of Speical Advisors, and made prince read Seonghakjipyo at Chunbang, crown prince tutorial office.
Yeongjo wrote that grandfather and grandson paying respect at Gyeongbonggak, visiting Seungjeongwon and Chunbang, and reading at Hongmungwan and Chunbang felt exceptional.
Upon realizing how the duties and polices he carried out as a king corresponded with those of rulers of the past, King Yeongjo was surprised by the similarites and the sense of continuity, and wrote about them the next day to show it to ancestors.
King Yeongjo ordered Yi Jae-gan, a royal secretary- transmitter at the Seungjeongwon, to inscribe them and had the boards hung at the three government offices.
The museum explained, "Many royal hanging boards bear texts composed by a king or calligraphy he wrote. Such boards were hung inside and outside palace buildings in an attempt to make the messages engraved on them more widely known and ensure that later generations would not forget them."
The National Palace Museum of Korea holds 775 royal hanging boards once hung in buildings related to the Joseon royal court, such as the main palace, secondary palace, temporary palace, and Jongmyo Shrine. "Hanging Board Inscribed with King Yeongjo's Reminiscence about a Time with His Grandson" can be viewed in the Kings of the Joseon Dynasty gallery.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)
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