Yonggungdaek House, Asan

Yonggungdaek House, Asan is a tile-roofed house standing amid a dense grove of trees and facing north; it is said to have been built in 1825, the twenty-fifth year of King Sunjo. Two gingko trees designated as protected trees stand along the approach to the house, and in the outer yard a rainbow-curved pine trunk serves in place of a gate. The ㄷ-shaped anchae (main house) and the straight —-shaped jungmungan-chae (middle-gate building) together form an open square-shaped (ㅁ) courtyard, in front of which stands the ㄱ-shaped sarangchae (men's quarters), so that the whole complex is laid out in the shape of the character 日 (sun). To the left of the anchae is a three-bay gwangchae (storage wing), and in front of and to the right of the sarangchae stand a thatched two-bay shed building and a four-bay outer building. The anchae is a five-bay double-depth house with single-depth wings folded and attached on either side, forming its ㄷ shape. In front of the daecheong (the main wooden-floored hall) is a glass door that appears to have been installed at a later date, and to its left is a two-bay pantry room that seems to have been used for ancestral rites. The sarangchae has a narrow wooden porch at the front, and all its openings are fitted with additional shutters, which appear to have been added later to keep out wind and rain, since the house faces north. The jungmungan-chae, which separates the anchae from the sarangchae, does not lead straight into the inner courtyard on passing through the middle gate but turns before reaching it. There is no special garden feature, but plum, pine, Chinese juniper and persimmon trees have been planted throughout the property to beautify it. Note: This heritage site is generally open to viewing, but access may be restricted for personal reasons on the part of the owner or others.

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Where it is

Region

Asan, Chungnam

Designation

National Folklore Heritage · 국가민속문화유산