Juksan An Clan Yeon Chang-wi Head Family

This house was built by a grandson of An Maeng-dam (1415–?) and has been passed down ever since. An Maeng-dam married Princess Jeongui, the second daughter of King Sejong, and was ennobled with the title Yeonchang-wi. The village where the house stands is a clan village of the Juksan An clan; his grandson An Bang-hyeong was the first of the clan to settle there, building a house in the village in 1500, the sixth year of King Yeonsangun, which became the clan's head house. The house was rebuilt into its present form during the reign of King Yeongjo, and is said to have undergone partial repair and alteration through the Japanese colonial period and the Korean War to reach its present state. The house has a ㅁ-shaped layout formed by combining a ㄷ-shaped main hall (anchae) with a ㅡ-shaped detached men's quarters (sarangchae); to its west stands a three-bay shrine forming a separate enclosure. The sarangchae, which also served as the gate quarters, had deteriorated badly and was converted into a modern-style building, which has recently been rebuilt again in timber. This house has remained on the same site as the head house of the Juksan An clan since the early sixteenth century, and is notable for the wide, three-bay-wide daecheong (open wooden-floored hall) in the main hall, kept open for ancestral rites and family events. Its original appearance at the time of construction has been lost, with part of the main hall altered and the sarangchae rebuilt and restored for everyday convenience, but the late-Joseon techniques of shaping and fitting timber are relatively well preserved.

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Where it is

Region

Yangju, Gyeonggi

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료