Jangamjeong Pavilion

Also known as Manchukjeong, Jangamjeong Pavilion was a place where local Confucian scholars (yusaeng) and other sarim literati gathered to discuss current affairs and political circumstances, critique poetry, and teach writing to younger students. It was built in 1724, the fourth year of King Gyeongjong of Joseon, by the Pungsan Kim clan to commemorate the scholarship and virtue of Jangam Kim Chang-jo (1581–1637). Kim passed the state examination in 1605, the 38th year of King Seonjo, and served as a magistrate (dosa) of the Uigeumbu, the Royal Investigation Bureau. During the Second Manchu Invasion of 1637, the 15th year of King Injo, when An Bang-jun led a righteous army toward Namhansanseong Fortress, Kim donated rice to supply the troops. On hearing that the king had surrendered at Samjeondo, he told his son Si-seong to go and live at Taebaeksan Mountain, and retired from official life. The pavilion measures three kan across the front and two kan on the side, with a hipped-and-gabled (paljak) roof that forms the shape of the character 八 when viewed from the side. A two-kan heated room (ondol) occupies the left side and a wooden-floored hall (daecheong) the right; unusually, the room on the right is set back slightly further than the one on the left.

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Region

Bonghwa, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료