Sanggeumgok-ri Chuwonjae Hall and Shrine, Yecheon

This building stands facing south at the foot of Omibong in Geumdangsil Village, and served for ancestral rites and study. It was built in the seventh year of King Hyojong (1656) to honour and hold memorial rites for Bak Jong-rin (1496-1553), a civil official under King Jungjong of Joseon and the founding ancestor of the Hamyang Bak clan's settlement in the village. Within an earthen wall, the shrine, inner three-bay gate, lecture hall, and gate building are arranged in an open square (ㅁ-shaped) layout. The lecture hall measures four bays across the front and two bays on the side, with a hip-and-gable roof (paljak) whose gable end resembles the character 八 ("eight"). Round pillars are set at the front, and square pillars elsewhere. The central two bays form a wooden-floored hall, flanked by heated ondol rooms, and plaques reading "Jeongyodang" and "Chuwonjae" hang there. The shrine measures three bays across the front and one-and-a-half bays on the side, with a simple gable roof (matbae) whose gable end resembles the character 人 ("person"). It has the typical building structure of the mid-Joseon period, with a construction and style that feel distinctly archaic.

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Where it is

Region

Yecheon, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산