Gyeongju Kim Clan Uijeonggong Branch Yeongsajeong Pavilion, Goyang

This building was erected in 1709 by Gyeongeunbuwongun Kim Ju-sin, father of Queen Inwon, who became the third queen consort of King Sukjong in the late Joseon period. It is a jaesa, a ritual house built near a tomb for the performance of ancestral rites, which Kim Ju-sin built close to the grave of his father, Kim Il-jin, in order to hold memorial ceremonies there. The name "Yeongsajeong" (永思亭) carries the meaning "to remember forever without forgetting", and its name-board hangs on the central building of the jaesa complex. The building consists of a ㄷ-shaped main hall and a ㅡ-shaped gatehouse-cum-servants' quarters set facing each other so as to enclose a rectangular courtyard. At the centre of the main hall is a two-kan daecheong, a wooden-floored open hall, flanked by rooms on either side. In the right wing of the main hall a shrine room was installed. A record of the building's construction is inscribed on the sangnyangpan, the ridge-raising record plaque set on the jongbo, the horizontal beam resting above the daedeulbo, the main crossbeam of the daecheong, confirming that it was built in 1709. The curved wooden tiles set beneath the wall cupboard on the exterior wall, and the door jambs of the windows, also preserve old construction methods intact, giving the building considerable value. In 2011 the pavilion was precisely surveyed, then fully dismantled and repaired. Because the guiding principle of the repair was to reuse existing members wherever possible, foundation stones of varied shapes, the central door jamb among the hinged doors at the rear of the daecheong, and old-style wooden panelling can still be seen in various places.

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Goyang, Gyeonggi

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료