Seogyebaksedangsarangchae

This house was built by his descendants at the place where Bak Se-dang (1629–1703), pen name Seogye, a Silhak (Practical Learning) scholar of the late Joseon period, retired from office to teach younger scholars and pursue his writing. Bak Se-dang resigned from office at the age of forty and devoted himself here to scholarly research and the training of students. He also farmed the land himself, and on the basis of this experience wrote his most representative agricultural treatise, the Saekgyeong. The house was originally a substantial scholar-official's residence comprising an inner women's quarters, an inner men's quarters, an outer men's quarters, and a servants' quarters, but most of it was destroyed during the Korean War, leaving only the outer men's quarters (sarangchae) standing today. The roof is a hip-and-gable roof with corner rafters set to radiate the common rafters in all four directions, while the roof of the raised wooden-floored pavilion projecting to the south descends along a sloping ridge from the main ridge of the sarangchae, finishing in the form of a hipped roof. Today the house forms a single complex together with a ginkgo tree at the entrance, a pavilion built along the stream, the site of a former village school, and, behind it, a memorial shrine and a burial ground. About 10 m south of the sarangchae runs a stream flowing down from Suraksan Mountain; along it survive pavilions such as Gwesanjeong and Cheongpungjeong, where Bak Se-dang once stayed, as well as the site of a village school, offering a glimpse into the thought and way of life of a retired Joseon-period scholar living in seclusion.

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Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료