Wibongmun Gate

Wibongmun Gate was built together with Munsogak, a building of the Chuncheon government office, as its naesammun (inner three-bay gate) when Munsogak was newly constructed. When a detached palace (igung) was set up at the Chuncheon government office in 1890, the 27th year of Emperor Gojong, Wibongmun served as the inner gate of that detached palace. After Munsogak was destroyed during the Korean War, and following the construction of the Gangwon Provincial Office building, the gate was relocated several times before finally being moved to its present site in April 2013. The calligraphy on the gate's name-board is by Jo Yun-hyeong, whose sobriquet was Songha-ong, a renowned calligrapher of the late Joseon period. The gate has a gabled roof and measures three bays across the front and two bays deep, fully retaining the sotdaemun style — a raised, higher central bay — typical of an inner three-bay gate. It stands on a single tier of long rectangular foundation stones (jangdaeseok), with eight round columns, front and back, set on square plinths.

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Where it is

Region

Chuncheon, Gangwon

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산