Woncheonjeong Pavilion, Geochang

Woncheonjeong is a pavilion built by Jeon Pal-go (1540–1612), whose pen name was Woncheon, so that he could devote himself to training younger scholars; during the Japanese invasions of 1592 it was also used as a secret meeting place by the uibyeong, volunteer militia who rose up to fight the invaders. The pavilion first built in 1587, the 20th year of King Seonjo of Joseon, was a four-bay wooden tile-roofed house with one room on each side and a two-bay wooden floor in the centre; in 1684, the 10th year of King Sukjong, it was repaired by later disciples, who altered its structure. It now measures four bays across the front and one bay to the side, with a gable roof shaped like the character 人 (person) when viewed from the side. It has two bays of wooden floor to the left and two rooms to the right, with a railing set in front of the rooms. Hanging in the pavilion are the Woncheonjeongsagi (Record of Woncheonjeongsa), written by Seo Suk in 1636, the 14th year of King Injo; the Woncheonjeongsa Jungchang Sangnyangmun, a sangnyangmun (a commemorative text written when a building's ridge beam is raised) marking the reconstruction, written by Im Dong-ik in 1684, the 10th year of King Sukjong; and poems composed by Jeong On, Jo Gyeong and O Jang.

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Geochang, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료