Sungjeongjeon Hall of Gyeonghuigung Palace

Gyeonghuigung Palace was built between 1617, the ninth year of King Gwanghaegun, and 1620, the twelfth year of his reign, as a detached palace — a secondary residence to which the king moved temporarily, rather than his main palace. Sungjeongjeon Hall, built in 1618, the tenth year of King Gwanghaegun, was the main hall of Gyeonghuigung Palace, where the king received the court's officials and held official state ceremonies. However, it was forcibly dismantled by the Japanese in 1910 and moved to Jogyesa Temple in 1926; today it stands within the grounds of Dongguk University as a Buddhist hall called Jeonggagwon, its interior altered to suit Buddhist rites. It measures five bays across the front and four bays on the side, with a hip-and-gable roof whose sides form the shape of the character for "eight" (八). The building is in the jusimpo style, in which the bracket sets that support and ornament the roof are placed only above the columns, giving it a dignity befitting a main hall. It is thought to have been the largest and most magnificently built of all the buildings at Gyeonghuigung Palace. The Seoul Metropolitan Government carried out five rounds of excavation from 1985, and on the basis of the findings restored Sungjeongjeon Hall over a period of six years. Together with Myeongjeongjeon Hall of Changgyeonggung Palace, Sungjeongjeon Hall of Gyeonghuigung Palace is an important resource for the study of mid-Joseon palace architecture.

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Where it is

Region

Jung-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산