Historical Documents (set) held at Yeongam Gobanjae Hall and

Gobanjae is a hall used as a space for lectures and study, together with the 41 historical documents held there. Gobanjae is also known as Gangmyeongjae. It is thought that the occasion for its construction arose in 1628, when Kim Hong-bal (pen name Ungye) of the Miryang Kim clan settled in Nodong, though documentary records are not detailed about the building's history at that time. It was later used, from the latter half of the 18th century, as a communal space including for lectures and study. The present building dates from 1843; Nodongsa was built in 1936, and the hall was newly rebuilt in 1982. The name "Goban" (考槃) is said to derive from a verse in the "Wei Feng" chapter of the Classic of Poetry (詩經, Sigyeong): "A hut is built by the stream in the mountain valley; the heart of the virtuous recluse is broad." Gobanjae measures five kan across the front and two kan on the side, with a narrow wooden veranda (jjokmaru) along the front, and is roofed with a hipped-and-gabled (paljak) roof forming the shape of the Chinese character for "eight" (八) when seen from the side. The interior consists of one-kan rooms on the left and right, with the central three kan laid with a "well-frame" wooden floor (umulmaru) used as the space for lectures and study. The building rests on large, natural-stone foundation stones topped with round columns; it is notable that such very large foundation stones were used, in contrast to the modest scale of the building.　 Gobanjae also holds a total of 41 items in seven categories: two gongsillok-gwon (meritorious-subject record books), one myeongmun (deed document), 23 gyoji (royal certificates of appointment), five gyocheop (official certificates), two cheop (certificates), seven hojeok-danja (household registers) and one sigwon (examination paper). The 1628 sale deed is not in the best state of preservation, having been retouched in places, but it can be read in full; its content has historical significance for understanding the process of settlement in the local community and is valuable as material for local history. Among the 23 gyoji is a hongpae-gyoji (red certificate) recording Kim Gwang-hu's pass in the military examination in 1586, before the Japanese invasions of 1592. Although dating from the 19th century, a gajagyoji (certificate of honorary-rank promotion) granted under the nojik system for the elderly, together with the accompanying posthumous-title certificates for his wife, parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, also provide material for understanding the institutions of the time. A gyocheop issued during the Japanese invasions, in July 1592, is likewise an uncommon piece of material.

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Where it is

Region

Yeongam, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료