Kim Hang-muk’s House, Goesan

Sited on a sunny, well-favoured spot backed by a low hill, this house is also known as 'Chilseong House'. The anchae (main house) is said to have been built in the late Joseon period (early 1800s), with the sarangchae (men's quarters), jungmunchae (middle-gate building) and daemunchae (gate building) added later. It is a very large complex made up of a daemunchae, jungmunchae, sarangchae, haengnangchae (servants' quarters), anchae, gwangchae (storehouse) and a shed building. Passing through the gate of the long outer haengnangchae leads into the outer courtyard, with the gwangchae to its left. Above the gwangchae is the jungmungan-chae (middle-gate building), and to the right stands the sarangchae. Passing through the middle gate, a shed building stands to the left and a further middle gate to the right; passing through this leads to the inner haengnangchae and the anchae. The anchae has a U-shaped plan in the layout style typical of the southern provinces. Centred on the daecheong (wooden-floored hall), the main bedroom and kitchen (including a pantry) are to the left, and an adjoining room to the right. A board-floored veranda (toenmaru) runs in front of the main bedroom and the adjoining room; unusually, it extends all the way to the front of the adjoining room and is used as a passageway, and the way an entire side of the building is given over to a large kitchen is likewise noteworthy. The sarangchae has an L-shaped plan, arranged from the anchae side with a kitchen, a lower sarang room, then, where the building turns, a large sarang room, a daecheong and an adjoining room. A numaru (a raised, open wooden-floored pavilion room) has been set beside the large sarang room, and a board-floored veranda extends as far as the adjoining room. The remaining buildings date from the early 20th century: the outer haengnangchae is eleven bays in size, with storerooms, rooms and a shed arranged within it. The gwangchae has six bays, with underfloor-heated rooms installed at each end. The house closely follows traditional building methods, and its arrangement of large and small spaces is well organised; as the residence of a yangban (scholar-official) family, it is a valuable resource for the study of traditional upper-class Korean housing. This heritage site is generally open to visitors, but access may be restricted at times owing to the personal circumstances of the owner or others.

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Where it is

Region

Goesan, Chungbuk

Designation

National Folklore Heritage · 국가민속문화유산