This Tombstone Has It's Unique Style
There are a lot of historical stone monument in Korea. There are 3 kinds of monument roughly speaking. The first one is tombstone. The second one is monument for special historical event. Last one is the monument in honor of government official, for example governor and so on.
Today I’d like to post about the tombstone.
The meaning of the Tombstones seems to have a same meaning all around the world. The tombstone was built to commemorate the dead. So when I see the tombstone, I feel some strange feeling from my deep inside. Especially while seeing an old tombstone, that make me think again the meaning of life.
This tombstone was built more than 600 years ago. Its head was unique style compare to other common tombstone in Choseon Dynasty
close shot of the head part
common style
The common style’s head is similar to the roof of the traditional house.
Normally in tombstone, the name and the official position in government of husband and the family name of the wife was engraved. The First name of the wife was not written.
Interest thing is the name of the second wife was written in the case the husband married second time only when his first wife was dead.
The owner of this tombstone had had 2 wives.
The second wife had the same right as the first wife.
It was the first time for me to look at this style of unique head part. I don’t have any idea until now from where this tombstone was influenced.
Thank you for reading.
Very nice!
It looks like those places I've seen in some Korean movies lol. That's pretty nice and I'm quite a jealous though lol
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This looks really interesting!
That is really interesting!
That is an interesting point. It seems that tombstones may indeed be universal. I wonder if there are any culture that would not recognize a tombstone?
may be not
a nice informative post thank you :)
Very good post @slowwalker. This post adds knowledge to me. What's more I am an enthusiast of historical relics, especially ancient tombstones. Very unique and distinctive tombstone that you post above. This is very interesting to me. Here I also share the photo when I made an observation with archaeologists on ancient tombstones in the coastal area of Aceh Besar. I deliberately post this headstone, because this tombstone from14th century AD. The age of this ancient headstone is almost seven hundred years.
Thank you @slowwalker.
thank you for your comment.
it would be interesting to compare between two tombstones
Interesting post! Enjoyed reading.
Really fascinating history and architecture! Interesting that we have this same tradition of the tombstone all over the world. And I get what you mean about that feeling when you look at something like this, like there's so much of a background and story there, that it really makes you think. Lovely post :)
thank you for your comment
There is something sad about a weathered stone, @slowwalker... tracing the passage of years in the eroded letters.
It seems natural to return to the ground. Some prefer their remains be burned and scattered to the wind, but then, their name does not outlast living memory.
The photos are very dramatic – moss covered stones suggest the long passage of time. It’s ironic – the one tombstone shaped like a house – a final resting place.
If we’re fortunate, we’ll all inherit a stone, when Life’s waves have passed over us…and perhaps, someone will write upon it.
Good work, @slowalker
thank you as always
you're very welcome, @slowwalker