Yeomillu Pavilion

This gate-tower building stood at the entrance to the government office of Asan county in the Joseon period, an open loft-like structure with its floor raised a full storey and its four sides left open. It is said that in 1411, the eleventh year of King Taejong, the magistrate Choe An-jeong repaired the county's old Guest House, and that two years later, in the thirteenth year of King Taejong, the pavilion itself was built to the east of the Guest House with the help of the local people. It measures three bays across the front and two bays to the side, and has a hip-and-gable roof that, seen from the side, forms the shape of the character for "eight" (八). The bracket sets decorating and supporting the eaves are carved in the ikgong style, in the form of a bird's wing. Between the columns, flower-calyx-shaped members - three in the centre bay and two in each of the others - help support the eaves while balancing the weight of the building. Each of the three ground-floor bays has its own door, so that people can pass through, and arrow-shaped wooden bars (hongsal) stand side by side above both leaves of each door. The upper floor has an open lantern ceiling that leaves the roof timbers exposed, with small coffered ceilings in the shape of the character for "well" (井) fitted to either side to hide the structure above. At the centre of the front hangs a signboard reading "Yeomillu" (慮民樓), meaning a pavilion built with the people's will in mind.

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Where it is

Region

Asan, Chungnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산