Yang Jae-hyeong’s House, Hwasun

Built in the late 1800s on a site backed by a low hill, this is the house of a landowner in a village near a plain. Set on square, level ground and facing east, the main quarters, men's quarters, shed and gate quarters are laid out in a well-organised composition. Entering through the main gate, one finds the U-shaped main quarters set slightly north of due east, with the men's quarters standing in front of it. There are no walls around the inner courtyard or the men's quarters, and a middle gate is set to the left of the men's quarters. To the left of the middle gate stands a shed, closing off the south side of the inner courtyard; in front of it is a one-bay gate room set at right angles to the men's quarters courtyard. To the northeast of the men's quarters courtyard are a toilet and a pigsty, and to the north, in the space linking to the inner courtyard, stands a storehouse. The men's quarters is a single-row building in the style of the southern provinces. There is a veranda at the front, and from the left are the hall, the reception room, the upper room, the lower room and the kitchen. An extra outer post was set up in front of the veranda to support the structure, and a corrugated-iron roof was added to keep off sun and rain. The main quarters follows the southern-provinces method of placing the principal room and the hall side by side, but is unusual in that the hall is large and divided into three sections. Centred on the hall and principal room, the left wing has three bays and the right wing four. The kitchen, on the right, is three bays, with a kitchen room at the rear. In the centre are a two-bay room and a two-bay hall, and to the left a room and a two-bay hall. There is a narrow board floor between the principal room and the large hall, and a veranda floor is set outside the columns at the front. The storehouse stands to the north, between the main quarters and the men's quarters, and was used to store rice. This house displays the deliberate composition typical of yangban houses of the southern provinces; the main quarters is thought to date from the 18th century, and the men's quarters, built later, from the late 19th century. There is no special garden within the house, but the trees planted there lend it a tranquil atmosphere. This heritage site is generally open to visitors, but access may be restricted at the owner's discretion.

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Where it is

Region

Hwasun, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

National Folklore Heritage · 국가민속문화유산