Naju Giojeong Pavilion

Naju Giojeong Pavilion stands on a raised plot of land on the bank of the Yeongsangang River, making it a fine spot for viewing the surrounding scenery. It is known to have been first built in 1669, the tenth year of King Hyeonjong, by Park Se-hae (1615–1698) of the Bannam Park clan. The Bannam Park clan has its founding ancestor's tomb in this area, but its members had moved away to live elsewhere owing to official postings and the like; it was around the mid-17th century that Park Se-hae became the first of the family to settle in Hoejin, Naju. After settling there, he built Giojeong Pavilion and spent his time exchanging ideas with fellow literati and teaching younger students. It is said that when he and his wife celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary together in 1693, the nineteenth year of King Sukjong, at the age of 79, congratulatory poems were composed by Park Se-chae (1631–1695, a cousin), Park Se-dang (1629–1703, a cousin), Yu Sang-un (1636–1707), Choe Seok-jeong (1646–1715), Lee Geon-myeong (1663–1722) and Im Yeong (1649–1696), among others. Nine royal appointment documents issued to Park Se-hae have also been passed down in the family of his descendants. Giojeong Pavilion measures four kan across the front and three kan in depth, and has a hipped-and-gabled roof. In its layout, the western two kan form a wooden-floored hall, while the eastern two kan consist of a room and a narrow veranda. Since its first construction in 1669 it has been repaired in 1745, the twenty-first year of King Yeongjo, and again around 1934 and 1981. Inside hang two records of repair and nine plaques inscribed by literati, including Yu Sang-un, and by descendants of the family. Naju Giojeong Pavilion, together with the many other pavilions along the Yeongsangang River, served as a place for literary exchange among scholars and for the instruction of younger students. It was originally built in the late Joseon period, in the seventeenth century, and has since undergone several repairs. Built on a raised site, it is of note as a four-kan pavilion of the jaesil, or ancestral memorial hall, type, equipped with both a room and a wooden-floored hall.

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Where it is

Region

Naju, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료