Jupilgak Pavilion ∙ Wolhwadang Hall, Hapcheon

This is the place where No Geuk-bok, known by his pen name Wolhwadang, gave up his official post and returned to live out his days in his hometown. No Geuk-bok was a scholar of the mid-Joseon period who excelled in literary studies from an early age, and he studied and debated Neo-Confucianism in depth together with Jeong On, Sim Gwang-se and Im Jin-mu. His broad learning led King Injo (r. 1623–1649) to appoint him to office, and he rose to the post of Ijo Jeongnang, a senior official of the Ministry of Personnel. However, as he was more devoted to scholarship than to office, he resigned and withdrew to his family home in Chogye, where he devoted himself entirely to study, and the king accordingly named his house 'Wolhwadang.' There is no record of when the building was first erected, but records show that his descendants rebuilt it in 1695, the twenty-first year of King Sukjong. It measures four bays across the front and two bays along the side, with a hip-and-gable roof (paljak) that forms the shape of the character 八 when seen from the side. Jupilgak Pavilion stands behind Wolhwadang; it is said to be the place where King Injo once tethered his horse, and is also recorded as a station where post horses were kept.

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Hapcheon, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료