Samgunbu Cheongheondang Hall

Samgunbu was a military body that oversaw military orders and affairs in the early Joseon period, and is an abbreviation of Uiheung Samgunbu. It subsequently underwent several institutional changes, was reorganised by Heungseon Daewongun in 1865, the second year of Emperor Gojong, but was abolished in 1880, the seventeenth year of Emperor Gojong, and its functions were absorbed into the Tongni Gimu Amun (Office for the Management of State Affairs). Cheongheondang was built in 1868, the fifth year of Emperor Gojong, as the office building of Samgunbu during Heungseon Daewongun's rule. It was used as the office of the Tongni Gimu Amun in 1880, the seventeenth year of Emperor Gojong; as the office of the royal guard (Siwidae) from 1894, the thirty-first year of Emperor Gojong; and as the headquarters of the Joseon Infantry from 1910, the fourth year of Emperor Sunjong, until 1926. The building standing today was moved to its present site in 1967, when the current Government Complex was built, and was repaired in 1977. It measures five kan across the front and three kan along the side, and has a hip-and-gable roof (paljak) that forms the shape of the character for "eight" when viewed from the side. The bracket set (gongpo), built atop the columns to support the eaves while also serving as decoration, is shaped like a bird's wing. This is called the ikgong style, a common feature of government office buildings in Seoul in the late Joseon period. The wooden plaque inscribed "Cheongheondang" is said to have been written by Sin Gwan-ho (1810-1884, later renamed Sin Heon), a military official of the late Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Nowon-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산