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“Bu’myo( 廟)” is a term that refers to the act of ‘Enshrining a tablet of a deceased ancestor, at the Shrine of the ancestors, after a three-year mourning period.’According to acclaimed ritual manuals such as『 Ye’gi(禮記)』,『 Eui’rye(儀禮)』and 『Juja Ga’rye(朱子家禮)』, the ‘Bu-je( 祭) ritual,’ performed at the time of the ‘Bu’myo’ ceremony, was the stage that followed the Jol’gok-je(卒哭祭) ritual, performed to declare the ‘end of mourning.’ In China, since the Dang dynasty period the Emperor was no longer to observe the rituals for ‘inauspicious occasions(“凶禮”),’ and such protocol continued through the Ming dynasty period. In case of Goryeo the funeral process, as well as the protocols that were observed together, are rarely known due to insufficient data. Yet, we can see that the Chinese funeral rituals observed by the Dang Pum’gwan(品官) officials were very similar to those held by the Joseon Royal family members, and it seems that the Goryeo governmental officials too, although they did not have ‘House shrines(家廟)’ which would show us whether or how they performed the Bu’myo stage, displayed a similar three-year mourning period. In the Joseon dynasty’s National funeral(國葬), the Bu’myo practice was performed at the final stage, and that was the case at the national funeral arranged for the death of king Jeongjo as well. When a tablet of the king was enshrined, the tablets of the king’s most trusted advisors or colleagues(功臣) were shrined at the Gongshindang(功臣堂) shrine as well.