Hoedeok Twin Cheongdang Hall

Hoedeok Twin Cheongdang Hall is a byeoldang (a separate annex hall) built in 1432, the 14th year of King Sejong, by Song Yu (1389–1446), whose pen name was Ssangcheongdang. The building takes its name from his sobriquet 'Ssangcheong' (雙淸, 'twin clarity'), said to reflect his wish to hold in his heart the pure spirit of a clear breeze and a bright moon. Although it has been repaired and rebuilt several times since, it retains its original form relatively well and is known as a representative example of early Joseon architecture. Of its three front bays, the two on the right serve as a daecheong, a wooden-floored hall with an umulmaru (well-frame) floor, while the one on the left is an ondol room with a heated floor. The columns are square in section and rest on differing foundation stones — square, pyramid-shaped stones at the front and unhewn natural stones at the back. Above the columns the building's beam brackets are joined; the interior is left unadorned, but the exterior shows an 'ox-tongue' (useol) bracket ornament hanging downward, of the kind seen in buildings of the cho-ikgong (early single-tier bracket) style. The building is an important cultural heritage site both because it bears dancheong, the traditional coloured decorative painting rarely found on ordinary residential buildings, and because it is the earliest of the surviving byeoldang buildings in the area.

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Where it is

Region

Daedeok-gu, Daejeon

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산