Taebong of King in the Joseon Dynasty was strictly selected and managed according to procedures equivalent to royal tomb. Taebong meaning burial of placenta from royal family's child was begun based on clear divine response of Feng-Shui by Same respon...
Taebong of King in the Joseon Dynasty was strictly selected and managed according to procedures equivalent to royal tomb. Taebong meaning burial of placenta from royal family's child was begun based on clear divine response of Feng-Shui by Same response(同氣感應). Especially, Taebong of King worked as the kind of ruling ideology.
In the Joseon Dynasty with 27 kings, among legitimate eldest sons, only 7 were crowned - Munjong, Danjong, Yeonsan-gun, Injong, Hyeonjong, Sukjong, and Sunjong. For the remaining 20, the principle of being succeeded by legitimate eldest son was not kept.
For the royal family, TaeBong Feng-Shui(胎峰風水) was eagerly needed to be recognized for one's legitimacy for 20 kings and to reinforce royal authority.
In the Feng-Shui theory, tomb house Feng-Shui has the mechanism of favorable change in fortune through response with descendants - the response comes form by burying corpse of ancestor in auspicious land and receiving vitality of nature. TaeBong Feng-Shui is similar to mechanism of favorable change in fortune in Feng-Shui selecting house site - the king himself receives fortune by response between his own placenta and vitality of auspicious land.
Thus, it is known that Taebong was directly influenced by Feng-Shui thoughts. Notwithstanding this fact, existing studies have been mainly shown in Archaelogy Art History, history, or folklore while study under Feng-Shui studies based on topography has been rare.
Accordingly, the subjects of this study were 22 Taebongs of King which can be identified about the location among about 300 Taebongs of royal family in Joseon Dynasty.
The reasons to select Taebongs of King as subjects for this study were that most of them are first class Taebongs and they are Dol Hole propitious site in common.
And two types of Dol Hole can be compared each other - Dol Hole in the mountains in the early days of Joseon, Dol Hole in the flatland in the latter days of Joseon. In addition, each characteristic can be drawn through mutual comparison in characteristics in Feng-Shui between Taebong of King and royal tombs.
The analysis for this study was carried by review of literature record and site exploration focusing on geomantic topography in Feng-Shui theories. The analysis results are as follows.
First, Taebong of King showed that as the period flew from the early days to the middle and the latter period, the location for Taebong of King changed from Dol Hole in the mountains(place surrounded by high mountains) to Dol Hole in the flatland(field with low mountains). And geographically, Taebong of King were distributed expanding to Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, and Jeollado.
Second, Most Yongse(龍勢: capacity of mountains) showing Biryongibsu(飛龍入首: mountains rise up from low place to high place) have vivid force. Gukse(局勢: the place is surrounded by forward, back, right, and right mountain) is stable. Suse(水勢: capacity of water and appearance to embrace) is deep and silent, and shows Yongsubaehab(龍水配合: the flow direction of mountain and water is in opposite each other)
Third, Most Taebongs of King are located in first class land with Ibsudunoi(入首頭腦: upper part of Hyeol-jang) which is Hyeol-jang SaShinSa(穴場四神砂), Green Dragon Cicada wing(靑龍蟬翼: left part of Hyeol-jang), White Tiger Cicada wing(白虎蟬翼: right part of Hyeol-jang), Jeonsun(氈脣: lower part of Hyeol-jang) and Gwuiseong(鬼星: Sangaji attached to Ibsudunoi), Yoseong(曜星: Sangaji attached to Green Dragon and White Tiger Cicada wing), Gwanseong(官星: Sangaji attached to Jeonsun).
Fourth, Most of Taebongs of King face south in Yongjincheo(end part of mountains) of Jungchulmaek(中出脈: straight mountains along middle line).
Fifth, 22 Taebongs of King can be classified to 3 classes: first class 18, second class 1, and third class 3.
Sixth, Dol Hole in the mountains is located in higher position than Dol Hole in the flatland - Hyeol-jang is located average 213.9m higher, guardian mountain(主山) is located average 339.8m higher, and Ansan(案山) is located average 155.1m higher.
Seventh, In most of Taebongs of King and royal tomb, Jwahyang(坐向: the front direction from easting point of the compass) is south direction and in common, Taebongs of King and royal tomb all show good Yongsubaehab(龍水配合). The differences are that royal tombs are located in foot of mountains in the form of Yuhyeol where Gang(岡: mountain ridge丘陵) and Ing(孕) exist, while Taebongs of King are located in high mountains and fields in the form of Dol Hole where Gang(岡: mountain ridge丘陵) and Ing(孕) do not exist.
Thus, this study investigated a common point that whole Taebongs of King are Dol Hole, and Dol Hole was changed from Dol Hole in the mountains in the early days to Dol Hole in the flatland in the latter period. And through mutual comparison between first class land and third class land, Taebong of King and royal tomb, common points and differences were drawn.