Master Carpenter

Kim Jeong-rak was born in 1935 in Buan and from childhood trained in hanok (traditional Korean house) construction under master builders (dopyeonsu) Kim Hyeong-o, Kim Yeong-seon and Go Taek-yeong. A Master Carpenter is a carpenter who oversees the building of a house from timber, exercising the craft skills of measuring, cutting and finishing timber according to technique; under a Master Carpenter serve assistant carpenters known as byeonsu, on the left and right. Kim Jeong-rak has worked in hanok construction across Jeonbuk and the wider Honam region for more than fifty years, and is especially noted for his work on Confucian architecture such as seowon (Confucian academies), hyanggyo (local Confucian schools) and jaesil (ancestral ritual halls).

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Where it is

Region

Buan, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Intangible Heritage · 시도무형유산