Jeompiljae Head House

This building is the head house of the Munchunggong branch of the Seonsan Kim clan. The anchae, the main quarters, is thought to have been built around 1800 and renovated in 1878, while the sarangchae, the men's quarters, is presumed to have been built in 1812. Kim Jong-jik (1431–1492), posthumously titled Munchunggong and known by his pen name Jeompiljae, studied under his father Kim Suk-ja, who had inherited the scholarly tradition of Jeong Mong-ju and Gil Jae from the end of Goryeo, and so carried forward the orthodox line of Joseon Neo-Confucian learning. Under King Seongjong of Joseon he held posts such as Royal Secretary and Second Minister of Rites, and was favoured by the king. However, under King Yeonsangun he suffered the humiliation of being stripped of office and having his grave desecrated in the Muo Literati Purge of 1498; he was exonerated at the Jungjong Restoration. The head house stands with a hill at its back, facing south-east on a gently sloping site, and comprises the anchae, sarangchae, jungsarangchae (middle men's quarters), storeroom, gate quarters and a shrine, together forming an overall "open-square" (teun-ㅁ) layout. The house preserves Jeompiljae's writings and personal relics, together with family documents. The sarangchae is a four-bay by two-bay, single-row gable-roofed building. It has a two-bay sarangbang, a men's room, on the left, with an open-fronted daecheong, a wooden-floored hall, on the right; to the left of the sarangbang, a room and a small kitchen are set front to back. The upper frame is a three-purlin structure, with a round, panel-shaped post set on the main beam to support the ridge purlin. The anchae is an eight-bay by one-bay gable-roofed building. In plan, to the left of the two-bay daecheong are a large room with a narrow wooden porch at the front, and a kitchen; to the right are a small room and a storage room. The structure is a three-purlin frame with trapezoidal panel-posts supporting the ridge purlin. The jungsarangchae to the right of the anchae is a three-bay by two-bay building, facing east with its back to the inner courtyard. In plan, a daecheong lies to the left of the central jungsarangbang, and to the right an ondol-heated room and a storage room are set front to back. The gobangchae, the storehouse building, is a four-bay by one-bay hipped-and-gabled building. Its central two bays were used for storage, and the right-hand bay is said to have been a mill room; behind the stable on the left is a privy. The shrine enshrines the spirit tablet of Kim Jong-jik, accorded the honour of permanent enshrinement without removal. Its structure is a five-purlin frame with square columns topped by trapezoidal posts supporting the ridge purlin.

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Where it is

Region

Goryeong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산