Recently, I was able to take time to visit 'JANGNEUNG', the tomb of King Wonjong (1580-1619) and his wife Queen Inheon (1578-1626), the father and mother of King Injo, 16th monarch of Joseon Dynasty. It's located in Pungmu-dong, Gimpo City, 20 km away from my place and took about 30 minutes to reach there by driving on Route 307. In retrospect, I visited the historical site in October 1972 when I was a high school sophomore for a school excursion for the first time, and had chances to go there several times more thereafter. Actually the tomb was one of favorite places to visit for an excursion for students from elementary to high school in Incheon and its vivinities, and it looks like the same today as well.It is my understandin that there are total 19 tomb sites of Joseon Dynasty's royal family, primarily for its kings and queens, in South Korea. And most of the sites are located around Seoul. JANGNEUNG is located comparatively far from the heart of Seoul, and the site was selected because it's perfect to accommodate the royal family's bodies from the eye of Poongsu, oriental geomancy. It's reportedly took 11 hours to carry the death carriage to this area from Seoul some 400 years ago
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