As of 2000, more than 600,000 people have surname of Yu or Ryu (柳) in South Korea. Over 280,000 indivisuals of them are Munhwa Yu (文化 柳), and there are other people with Jeonju (全州), Jinju (晉州), Goheung (高興), Gangneung (江陵), Seosan (瑞山), and Pungsan (豐山) as their first ancestor's hometown. In the past, all of surname Ryu were believed to be from Munhwa Yu clan, but now there are variable opinions that the ancestry is different depending on the origin.
Ryu Cha-dal (大丞公 柳車達), the founder of Munhwa Yu Clan, was born in Yuju (儒州=文化縣), Hwanghae-do in North Korea. He was received the title of Daeseung (大丞) as a meritorious aristocrat at the founding of Korea (高麗) dynasty in the beginning of the 10th century.
The Munhwa Yu clan has been referred to as one of the 4 great families during the Korea Dynasty and the 8 noble families during the Josun Dynasty. Moreover, the family history books of the Munhwa Yu clan, Youngrakbo (永樂譜, 1423) and Gajeongbo (嘉靖譜, 1562), inaugurated a new standard of the genealogical records with the Andong Kwon (安東 權) Clan Seonghwa (成化譜, 1476) etc. in Korean gentries. Those are widely known as world-class literatures on genealogy research, regardless of East and West.
Connected members
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Princess Munseong
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Grand Princess Consort Munhwa
Princess Consort Munhwa of the Munhwa Yu clan (Hangul: 문화부부인 문화 유씨, Hanja: 文化府夫人 文化 柳氏; 27 October 1598 – 3 August 1676) was a Korean Royal Family member though her marriage as the first wife of Grand Prince N ...
See also
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Yoo (Korean name)
Yoo or You, or sometimes Ryu or Ryoo is the English transcription of several Korean surnames written as or in hangul. As of 2000, roughly a million people are surnamed Yoo in South Korea, making up approximately 2% of the population. Of those, t ...
External links
* {{Official website, http://moonhwaryu.co.kr/
Clans based in Hwanghae Province