Cheonggyejeong Pavilion, Jangseong

Cheonggyejeong is a pavilion built in 1546, the first year of King Myeongjong of Joseon, by Park Won-sun; after long years had passed and it had fallen into disrepair, it was rebuilt by his thirteenth-generation descendant Park Jeong-hyeon. Park Won-sun was a disciple of Kim In-hu; he studied Neo-Confucianism and passed the jinsa examination, a preliminary licentiate examination, but did not pursue an official career, instead building this pavilion here and spending his days teaching his students. Within its grounds he planted a ginkgo tree and dug a pond fed by a nine-bend watercourse, creating a secluded atmosphere. There is also a legend that when Park Won-sun died, both the ginkgo tree and the spring dried up, only to come back to life three years later. The building measures two kan across the front and two kan in depth, and its roof is a hipped-and-gabled roof, shaped like the character for "eight" (八) when viewed from the side. Of the two front kan, the left was made into a room and the rest was floored, and the bottle-shaped baluster ornaments on the railing around the floor are beautiful. Traces remain on the rear and right-hand sides showing that doors once stood there, and the lattice holes of the transom windows are a striking detail.

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Where it is

Region

Jangseong, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료