Dongbaekjeong Pavilion

This pavilion stands on a small hill beside the stream that flows past Janghang village in Jangdong-myeon. From around 1715, the 41st year of King Sukjong's reign, it served as the meeting hall for the village's daedonggye, a mutual-aid association attended by the villagers. The building began as a simple retreat that Kim Rin (1392-1474), known by his pen name Dongchon, built in 1458, the 4th year of King Sejo's reign, after retiring from office, so that he could live in seclusion. This retreat was rebuilt in 1584, the 17th year of King Seonjo's reign, by his descendant Kim Seong-jang, who renamed it Dongbaekjeong after the camellia trees Kim Rin had planted, which had by then grown thick and lush. The building seen today was rebuilt again by his descendants in 1985. It had originally been three bays wide and two bays deep, but when it was rebuilt in 1985 an extra bay was added to the side, giving the front its present four bays. The roof is a hip-and-gable roof, shaped like the Chinese character 八 ('eight') when seen from the side. The layout, from left to right, consists of a one-bay raised timber floor at the front, a one-bay room at the rear, a central bay with a room flanked front and back by narrow timber porches, and a further stretch of flooring at the end - a relatively complex arrangement for a pavilion. Every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, residents of the surrounding area still gather by the river to hold a byeolsinje, a ritual for the village's guardian spirit.

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Where it is

Region

Jangheung, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료