Yeongam Mun Chang-jip House

This house was built in 1613, the fifth year of King Gwanghaegun of Joseon, by Aesongdang Mun Ik-hyeon, and has been passed down through fourteen generations. Mun Byeong-ho, an ancestor five generations removed from the present owner Mun Chang-jip, rebuilt it, and in 1968 the mungan-chae (gate quarters) was newly built. The building consists of an anchae (inner quarters), a sarangchae (men's quarters) and a mungan-chae (gate quarters). The anchae and sarangchae each measure five bays across the front and have a toetmaru, a narrow wooden-floored veranda, running along both the front and back. The roof is a paljak (hip-and-gable) roof, which forms the shape of the Chinese character for 'eight' (八) when seen from the side. The mungan-chae measures three bays across the front, and its gate is built in the sotdaemun style, raised higher than the flanking walls. More than 350 years old, the building has undergone some repairs but on the whole retains its original form well, making it a traditional house representative of this region.

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Where it is

Region

Yeongam, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료