Tomb of Yi Ik

The Tomb of Yi Ik is located at Cheomseongchong, where the great Silhak scholar Seongho Yi Ik lived his entire life and left significant academic achievements. In 1985, as Yi Ik was selected as one of the ten distinguished thinkers among the sages who illuminated Korea's national culture, the tomb area was renovated. In 1988, the ancestral shrine Cheomseongsa (a house enshrining the ancestral tablets) and the ritual house Gyeonghojae (a building constructed next to the tomb for holding ancestral rites) were completed. Additionally, in 2002, the Seongho Museum was built across from the tomb to honor the scholar's Silhak philosophy. Yi Ik's tomb is situated on a sunny hill surrounded by a pine forest, formed as a joint burial mound with his two wives, and features stone pillars (mangjuseok), a stone table (sangseok), and an incense stone table (hyangroseok). The shrine is open on weekdays; entering through the triple gate, one finds Gyeonghojae, and behind it stands Cheomseongsa, a three-bay structure housing the portrait of Yi Ik. Nestled among urban residential areas, the modest Tomb of Yi Ik resembles a quaint garden where the beauty of ginkgo trees and pine trees harmonizes. Address: 555, Il-dong, Sangnok-gu, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do