Relics of Goryeodong

Gyeongsangnam-do Cultural Treasure No. 56

(Address: Gyeongsangnum-do, Haman-gun, Samin-myeon, Mogok-si)

Yi O(dates unknown), a scholar from the Natonal Confusian Academy(Seongyungwan) at the end of Goryeo Dynasty(918-1392), decided at the collapse of the dynasty and the beginning of the Joseon dynasty that as a migrant person he would adhere to his priciples and choosing this place where the crape myrtle blooms, he put up walls and set up his residence here. In addition he raised a stone marker with the word Goryeodonghak meaning " the valley of Goryeo Village". It is here that the village namens such as daman (within the walls).

Until his death, Yi did not hold an official post and requested his son as well not to take an official post, nor to move their ancestral tablets. Furthermore, by placing the residences, well and fields inside the walls, he made a self sufficient place for his descendents. Today about 30 families, descendents of the Jeoryeong Yi Clan at this village is paying tribute to the intentions of their founding ancestor.

08.09.2009