Mukeon Head House

Mukeon Head House was built in 1820, the twentieth year of King Sunjo of Joseon, on the wishes of the local Confucian community after the death of Yi Man-un, whose pen name was Mukeon. Yi Man-un (1736–1820) was an orthodox Neo-Confucian scholar in the line of succession running through Toegye (Yi Hwang), Hangang (Jeong Gu) and Munikgong (Yi Won-jeong), and he compiled the Jeungbo Dongguk Munheon Bigo, a work of great value for the study of Korean national learning. The house originally also had an outer gate building and a mill building, but today only the sarangchae (men's quarters), the main house (jeongchim) and the shrine remain. The main house and sarangchae were built in 1670, the eleventh year of King Hyeonjong of Joseon, by Yi Han-myeong (1651–1681), son of Yi Won-jeong (Munikgong); the shrine was built by the Confucian community in 1820, the twentieth year of King Sunjo. The sarangchae measures ten bays across the front and one bay to the side, with a gable roof that, seen from the side, takes the shape of the character 人 (person). It has the highly unusual structure of ten bays running in a single unbroken row with no central gate. The main house measures seven bays across the front and three bays to the side and forms a U shape. The shrine measures three bays across the front and one bay to the side and is covered with a gable roof. The open arrangement of the buildings is distinctive of the local style.

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Where it is

Region

Chilgok, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료