Namganjeongsa Temple

Namganjeongsa, set in a wooded valley at the foot of a low hill, was built by Song Si-yeol (1607–1689), pen name Uam, a great scholar of the mid-Joseon period. When Uam lived in Sojedong, he built a study there called Neunginam, where he devoted himself to scholarship. In 1683, the ninth year of King Sukjong, he built this building below Neunginam; it is a historic site where he trained many disciples and brought his scholarship to full maturity. The building measures four kan (bays) across the front and two kan in depth, with a hip-and-gable roof that forms the shape of the character for "eight" when viewed from the side. Centred on a two-kan wooden-floored hall, the room to the left is a single ondol-heated room running the full depth of the building. On the right, the rear kan is a room, while the front kan is raised above floor level as a pavilion, with a firebox installed beneath it. Water flowing down from a spring in the valley was channelled beneath the hall and into a pond, a highly important and distinctive design in the history of Korean landscape gardening. In front of the building lies a well-tended, spacious pond that adds to its charm. To the right of Namganjeongsa stands Gigukjeong, a pavilion moved here from Sojedong during the Japanese colonial period, and on the hill behind it is Namgansa, a shrine built at a later date. On the hill opposite stands Jangpangak, which houses the woodblocks of Songjadaejeon, Song Si-yeol's collected writings. With buildings associated with Song Si-yeol gathered in one place, the site also provides valuable material for the study of Joseon-period architecture.

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Where it is

Region

Dong-gu, Daejeon

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산