번시 박씨(本溪 朴氏) — A Joseon-ethnic Park clan of Benxi, Liaoning, China, founded by Park Yeong-gang and traditionally said to descend from Korean soldiers under Gang Hong-rip after the 1619 Battle of Sarhu.
A Joseon-ethnic Park clan of Benxi, Liaoning, China, founded by Park Yeong-gang and traditionally said to descend from Korean soldiers under Gang Hong-rip after the 1619 Battle of Sarhu. In the 2015 Census the 번시 박씨 clan numbered about 7,000 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 박, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 번시) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Over the generations the 번시 박씨 clan divided into several branches (pa). Confirm which branch your family belongs to through your jokbo or clan association. See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
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The Beonsi Park clan (本溪 朴氏, Benxi) is a Joseon-ethnic (Chaoxianzu) Park clan living around Benxi in Liaoning, China; its seat name is taken from the city where it settled. The founder is Park Yeong-gang (朴英强), and descendants believe their ancestors were Koreans who went to Manchuria in the Ming-Qing transition, particularly soldiers under General Gang Hong-rip who were captured by the Later Jin after the 1619 Battle of Sarhu (Fuche) and settled near Benxi.
Unlike ordinary seats named for Korean places, this one takes its name from a Chinese settlement, and no link to any royal line or prince is documented. The clan association office is said to display a portrait of Bak Hyeokgeose, the traditional founder of the Park surname.
A Qing-era Benxi gazetteer is said to record that in 1659 land was divided among five Park brothers including Park Yeong-gang, and a 1786 bell at Yongning Temple lists the "Park family village" among donors, suggesting an established village by then. The villagers were classed as Manchu under the Qing and as Han in the 1958 census, and were reclassified as Korean after a collective petition in the 1982 census.
The Beonsi Park Association was founded in 2006 under chairman Park Myeong-gyeom and reportedly identified about 7,000 descendants and completed a genealogy. Generation names are still used, currently in the sequence Mun (文), Myeong (明), Hui (希), Seung. Park Mun-man and Park Myeong-gu are mentioned as village elders.
The population is an association estimate and is not part of Korean census data. The details rest on a Wikipedia summary, so consult the association and local sources for more.
The 번시 박씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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