Banghaejeong Pavilion, Gangneung

This is the house where Yi Bong-gu, known by his sobriquet Sanseokgeosa, spent his final years after retiring from office. Having stepped down, he dismantled part of a guest house (gaeksa) belonging to a government building and used the timber to build a pavilion here, which he named Banghaejeong. It was first built in 1859, the tenth year of King Cheoljong of Joseon, rebuilt in 1940 by his descendant Yi Geun-u, and repaired again in 1975. It looks out over Gyeongpoho against a backdrop of mountains and pine forest, and is a hip-and-gable (paljak) roofed building four bays wide and three bays deep, its roof sides shaped like the character '八' (eight). Though built as a retreat, it was equipped with an ondol heated room, a wooden-floored room, a kitchen and other features so that it could also serve as a dwelling. A raised, open wooden-floored pavilion room (numaru) was built on the right and an ondol room on the left; the wooden-floored room measures eight bays, with a narrow veranda (toenmaru) along its front and side. The left two bays of the numaru face west, so four panelled sliding doors were fitted there to block the light, while in the remaining bay a pair of lower lattice doors, set slightly lower than the others, was installed to let light in.

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Where it is

Region

Gangneung, Gangwon

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산