This is a sculpture expressing 'Ongnyucheon,' and is positioned at the rear garden of Changdeokgung (Palace). Its name is taken from the meaning of "jade, like fresh water, is fallen as if like going around a rock." This wall fountain at the size of H-2.5m and W-1m resembles small falls in the valley of Bukhansan (Mountain).
Ongnyucheon (Pond) Ongnyucheon indicates a brook flowing at a deep northern place in the rear garden of Changdeokgung (Palace). During the 14th year of the King Injo era (1636), it was constructed to create fresh waterfalls going around a rock. This was carried out by carvings onto a large rock, Soyoam, to create grooves.
The King and his followers sat around this place and floated wine glasses on the water, making poetry as they did so. This was a place said to have been loved by many Kings, since it had the most beautiful scenery, alongside pavilions named Soyojeong, Taegeukjeong and Cheongeuijeong. King Injo's writings of "Ongnyucheon" as well as the Oeunjeolgu Poetry (a quatrain with five Chinese characters on each line) of King Sukjong in Soyoam were carved into then rock. [Source: Changdeokgung Homepage] |