Jeong Yak-yong Historic Site
정약용유적지
The one site that holds both the house Jeong Yak-yong grew up in and the grave he was buried in — Namyangju calls it the Jeong Yak-yong Historic Site, visitors more often Dasan Historic Site. On the low rise behind the house, the grave he shares with his wife of the Pungsan Hong clan looks out over the Han River; below it stands Yeoyudang, washed away by the great flood of 1925 and rebuilt in 1986 from surviving records and testimony. The same grounds hold the Mundosa shrine, a memorial hall and a culture hall, and a walk lined with a replica of the crane he designed for the building of Hwaseong Fortress. Admission is free.
Language
Place information
- Korean name
- 정약용유적지
- Address
- 11 Dasan-ro 747beon-gil, Joan-myeon, Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Opening hours
- 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)
- Closed
- Every Mon (closed the following day instead if it falls on a public holiday) · Jan 1 · Seollal · Chuseok
- Admission
- Free
- Operated by
- Namyangju City
Prices
| Admission | Free |
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Where these facts come from
- Namyangju City culture and tourism — its page for the Jeong Yak-yong Historic Site: open 09:00–18:00 with admission until 17:30; closed on 1 January, Seollal and Chuseok themselves and every Monday, and closed the following day whenever that Monday opens; admission free; address 11 Dasan-ro 747beon-gil, Joan-myeon, Namyangju; telephone 031-590-8580. It lists the grounds as the scholar's grave (a Gyeonggi Province Monument), Yeoyudang his house, the Mundosa shrine, a memorial hall, a culture hall and the culture walk, and records that Yeoyudang was washed away in the great flood of 1925 and rebuilt in 1986, and that the grave was designated on 4 May 1972 and holds him together with his wife of the Pungsan Hong clan ·
- Korea Heritage Portal — 'Tomb of Jeong Yak-yong', a Gyeonggi Province Monument, designated on 4 May 1972, one tomb, with its coordinates. It is a provincial designation, not a national Historic Site; the nationally designated Jeong Yak-yong site is the one in Gangjin ·
- OpenStreetMap — the Dasan Jeong Yak-yong site at 11 Dasan-ro 747beon-gil, Joan-myeon, Namyangju. This is the site as a whole; the Korea Heritage Portal coordinate points at the grave on the rise inside it ·