Three-bay House with "Magpie Holes" in Seolmae-ri, Bonghwa

Seolmae-ri, in Sangun-myeon, is a mountain village hidden deep in the hills, where kkachigumeong-jip — houses with "magpie holes" left in the roof for light and ventilation — once predominated. This house, thought to have been built about 170 years ago, measures three bays across the front and three bays in depth. Centred on the bongdang, an unfloored earthen entrance area, a cattle shed is placed on the left and a kitchen on the right; above the cattle shed is a loft, reached from the floored hall. At the rear, centred on the floored hall, the sarangbang and a lower room lie to the left and the anbang (main women's room) to the right, with a small barajichang, a small ventilation window, set between the anbang and the kitchen. The frame is a five-purlin (oryangga) structure; the ceiling of each room is a gomi-banja, a flat mud-plastered ceiling laid on joists, and a "magpie hole" is left in the roof between the ceiling and the roof frame, used for lighting and ventilation. The roof was converted to slate in the 1970s but was restored to thatch after the house was designated a state heritage. The house has heritage value as a three-bay gyeopjip, or double-row house, as a fine surviving example of the vanishing kkachigumeong-jip house type, and for the way it reflects the characteristics of ordinary people's life in a mountainous region. It was originally designated Gyeongsangbuk-do Folklore Material, "Three-bay Kkachigumeong-jip House, Seolmae-ri, Bonghwa" (29 September 1994), and was then designated a National Folklore Cultural Heritage upon application (8 June 2006), with the designation confirmed on 12 January 2007. Note: this heritage site is generally open to the public, but viewing may be restricted at the owner's discretion for personal reasons.

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Where it is

Region

Bonghwa, Gyeongbuk

Designation

National Folklore Heritage · 국가민속문화유산