Manchwidang House, Uiseong

Manchwidang House was built by Kim Sa-won (1539–1601), a disciple of Toegye Yi Hwang, as a place to pursue scholarship and train the next generation. Poems and writings by the many notable figures who visited, including Ongye Yi Hae and Seoae Ryu Seong-nyong, survive here, and its wooden signboard bears the handwriting of Seokbong Han Ho. The date of construction can be confirmed from a renovation record for Manchwidang, which states that building began in 1582, the fifteenth year of King Seonjo, and was completed in 1584. The rafters were partly replaced in 1711, the thirty-seventh year of King Sukjong; in 1727, the third year of King Yeongjo, two bays were added to the east (the Bokjae wing); and in 1764, the fortieth year of King Yeongjo, a one-bay underfloor-heated room was added to the west (the Seososikssil wing), completing the T-shaped plan seen today. Manchwidang is a pavilion-style building whose columns, on the three sides other than the rear, are divided into lower-storey and upper-storey columns, shaped as round columns with a slight entasis. Its tie-beams show the archaic technique of rounding off their corners, and the corner columns clearly rise higher than the others. Column-head blocks sit atop the columns; the exterior bracket arms are short but forceful, while inside, incised wing-bracket-style beam supports rest in the direction of the main beam. The underfloor-heated rooms added after the original construction have butt-jointed window and door framing, clearly distinguishing them from the main hall, yet the upper structure was extended without damaging the original framework, so that the original building method can still be traced. The fan-shaped rafters beneath the double eaves are finished with precise, orderly workmanship. Manchwidang preserves the construction techniques of its original building well, including the joinery of its purlins and main beams, and it clearly illustrates the residences and scholarly culture of sixteenth-century literati families, as well as the process of architectural change driven by social demands.

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Where it is

Region

Uiseong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Treasure · 보물