Myeonunjae Hall Historic House and Byeol Tomb

This house was built in 1750, the 26th year of King Yeongjo, by Yi Ju-won (pen name Myeonunjae, 1714–1796), who had held the rank of jinsa, a licentiate who had passed the lower level of the state examination at the Seonggyungwan, the national Confucian academy, so that his family could live for generations at Ochon. In particular, Yi Gyeom-ho, a leading figure in the righteous army movement in the Yeongdeok region at the end of the Joseon period, was a seventh-generation descendant of Myeonunjae and is said to have used this house as his base during the independence movement. Today only the square (mieum-shaped) main hall (jeongchim) remains, but originally there was a mill to its right and a gate building at the front, showing the typical layout of a yangban, or scholar-official, house. These other buildings are said to have been damaged during the Korean War and subsequently all demolished. Because the house stands on flat ground, there is little difference in height between the main hall and its two wings; the only place where the floor plan rises in status is the sarang space, the men's quarters, at the front right, where a high stone platform was built to elevate it.

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Where it is

Region

Yeongdeok, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산