Mangmodang Hall

This is a pavilion in the rear garden of the place where Song Yeong-gu, pen name Pyoong, a literary official of the reign of King Seonjo (r. 1567–1608), lived in reclusion. It is said that after the death of his father in 1607, the fortieth year of King Seonjo, he built this hall on the hill behind his house and used it to pay respects to his ancestors enshrined on Usan Mountain to the east. It is a square building of three bays across the front and three bays to the side, with an ornate hip-and-gable roof whose gable end forms the shape of the character 八 (eight). The four foundation stones at the front, about 1 metre high, resemble stone pillars, while at the rear the ground was levelled in steps and the building set low upon it. The signboard reading 'Mangmodang' was carved from calligraphy written personally by the Chinese envoy Zhu Zhifan. Near Mangmodang is a broad rock large enough to seat over a hundred people, beside which flows the clear stream called Wanggungcheon. It is also said that white lotuses from China were first introduced to Korea here and planted in a lotus pond, making the surrounding scenery very beautiful.

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Region

Iksan, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산