Manguri Park
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- Designation :
- Manguri Park
- Location :
- San 57-3, Mangu-dong
- Area :
- 832,800 ㎡
- Facilities and Features :
- This park is a space for contemplation amid the graves of celebrities. People enjoy taking a walk and jogging on a 4.7km-long promenade in the park.
Manguri began to be used as a cemetery of Seoul in 1933.
This fact is supported by Dong-A Ilbo articles: "Miari Cemetery will have no more space for graves soon. Thus, the government selected 2.3 million square meters of forest land in Manguriof Gyeonggi-do as a future cemetery of Seoul,” said a Dong-A Ilbo story dated February 2, 1933; ”Among 37,000 tombs in Itaewon, those taken care of by families or relatives will be moved to Manguri, and remains in deserted tombs will be cremated in Shinsa-ri,” Dong-A Ilbo added on October 24, 1935.
Forty years later, Manguri Cemetery was filled with graves on March 25, 1973. Thus, no more new graves have been allowed in the cemetery since then.
As of the end of 2005, the necropolis was home to 17,041 tombs due to the encouragement of moving remains to other places and laying people’s ashes to rest. The number of tombs in the cemetery is expected to fall in the future.
During this period, the remains of Dosan Ahn Chang-ho, Goha Song Jin-woo, Singer Lim Bang-woo, and Jo Jong-wan and patriots such as Park chan-ik and Baek Dae-jin were moved to the National Cemetery and Sarip Park Cemetery.
In February 1992, Jungnang-gu erected memorial monuments for Bang Jung-hwan, Oh Se-chang, Han Yong-woon, Jo Bong-am, Ji Seok-yeong, Moon Myeong-hwon, and Zhang Deoksu, all of whom were buried in the cemetery around a promenade. In February 1998, memorial monuments for Park In-hwan, Moon Il-pyeong, Seo Byeong-ho, Seo Dong-il, Oh Jae-yeong, Seo Gwang-jo, Yu Sang-kyu, and Oh Geung-seon were additionally built along a 5.2km-long promenade.
The park-style cemetery had been known to house the graves of 17 celebrities including Han Yongun who took the lead in the March 1 Independence Movement.
Searches in directories and books on patriots, lists of the deceased in the Funeral Cultural Center of Seoul Facilities Management Corporation, and on-site inspections found that the cemetery has the remains of ten additional celebrities such as novelist Gye Yong-mook.
( Managing Dept : Parks and Landscape 02-2094-2344 )
Celebrities related to Manguri Park
Graves of Celebrities
| No | Name | Pen Name | Lifetime | Main Activities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seo Dong-il | 1893~1966 | Independence Fighter, National Medal | |
| 2 | Oh Jae-yeong | 1897~1948 | Independence Fighter, National Medal | |
| 3 | Kim Jeong-gyu | 1883~1960 | Independence Fighter, National Medal | |
| 4 | Yu Sang-gyu | 1897~1936 | Independence Fighter, National Medal | |
| 5 | Mun Myeong-hwon | Jigi | 1892~1958 | Independence Fighter, National Medal |
| 6 | Mun Il-pyeong | Hoam | 1888~1939 | Independence Fighter, National Historian |
| 7 | Oh Se-chang | Wichang | 1864~1953 | Independence Fighter, Calligrapher, Journalist |
| 8 | Han Yong-un | Manhae | 1879~1944 | Monk, Independence Fighter |
| 9 | Seo Byeong-ho | Song-am | 1885~1972 | Independence Fighter, National Medal |
| 10 | Seo Gwang-jo | 1897~1972 | Independence Fighter, National Medal | |
| 11 | Park In-hwan | 1926~1956 | Poet | |
| 12 | Bang Jeong-hwan | Sopa | 1899~1931 | Independence Fighter, Children's Literature |
| 13 | Lee Jung-seob | 1916~1956 | Painter | |
| 14 | Jang Deok-su | 1895~1947 | Politician | |
| 15 | Jo Bongam | Juksan | 1898~1959 | Independence Fighter, Politician |
| 16 | Oh Gung-sun | Haekwan | 1878~1963 | Medical scientist, social worker |
| 17 | Jee Seok-young | Songchon | 1855~1935 | Medical scientist, social worker |
Other Celebrities
| No. | Name | Lifetime | Major activities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Gye Yong-muk | 1904~1961 | Novelist (Idiot Ahdada) |
| 19 | Kim Mal-bong | 1901~1961 | Female novelist (Dog Rose) |
| 20 | Kim I-seok | 1915~1964 | Novelist (Cuckoo) |
| 21 | Chae Dong-seon | 1901~1953 | Composer (Homesickness) |
| 22 | Cha Jung-lag | 1941~1968 | Pop singer (Love Gone with Fallen Leaves) |
| 23 | Choe Hak-song | 1901~1932 | Novelist (Escape) |
| 24 | Seol Ui-sik | 1900~1954 | Journalist (Dong-a Ilbo Newspaper) |
| 25 | Lee Byeong-hong | 1891~1955 | Politician (lawmaker) |
| 26 | Asakawa Dakumi | 1891~1931 | Researched on the Best Japanese and Korean Trees |
| 27 | Kim Hyeon-geun | 1810~1868 | Husband of Princess Myeong-on |
| 28 | Princess Myeong-on | 1810~1832 | First daughter of King Sunjo |
Celebrities whose Remains were Moved from Manguri Park
| No. | Name | Lifetime | Major activities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahn Chang ho | 1878~1938 | Independence activist (National Medal) / Moved to Dosan Park in Gangnam |
| 2 | Song Jin woo | 1889~1945 | Independence activist / Moved to Seoul National Cemetery (03/05/1988) |
| 3 | Jo Jong wan | 1891~1947 | Independence activist / Moved to National Cemetery in Daejeon (10/05/1995) |
| 4 | Baek Dae jin | 1892~1967 | Independence activist / Moved to National Cemetery in Daejeon (21/10/1988) |
| 5 | Bag Chan ik | 1884~1949 | Independence activist / Moved to Seoul National Cemetery (19/11/1993) |
| 6 | Lim Bang-ul | 1904~1961 | Myeongchang / / Moved to Nam Hangang Cemetery in Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do |
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Promenade
Manguri Park
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