Seosangaeksa Temple

A gaeksa (guest house) is a local government office building of the Joseon period, consisting of a main hall where the local magistrate enshrined the king's memorial tablet and performed rites, and left and right wing rooms where officials sent from the central government or foreign envoys stayed. The exact date when Seosangaeksa was first built is unknown, but judging from construction techniques matching those of the Oedongheon and the government office gate that remain within Seosan City Hall, it is thought to have been built at the same time, in the late Joseon period. It originally stood within the government office of Seosan-gun and was moved to its present site during the Japanese colonial period. This building faces south and measures eight bays across the front and two bays to the side, standing on a well-dressed granite platform. The roof is a hipped-and-gabled roof whose side profile resembles the character 八, meaning eight. In 1910 the king's memorial tablet at Seosangaeksa was donated to Chungcheongnam-do, and the building was subsequently used as the Seosan-eup office, the Seosan Rural Guidance Office, and the Seosan Cultural Centre, before being restored and repaired in 1994 on the basis of scholarly research.

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Where it is

Region

Seosan, Chungnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산