Manunjae Hall, Miryang

This is a jaesil, a hall for preparing ancestral memorial rites, dedicated to Bak An-chim, Grand Prince of Milseong, eldest son of King Gyeongmyeong, the 55th king of Silla. Built in 1927 by Bak Hae-cheol together with other descendants, the site consists of Gyeongdeokdan, a memorial altar where stones for the Grand Prince and his son Bak Uk and grandson Bak Ran were erected, and the jaesil hall, Manunjae. The Manunjae complex comprises six buildings raised to honour the merits of Bak Hae-cheol: Manunjae, Anggyeongmun Gate, Yugyeonggak Hall, Yeongcheopgak Hall, Gyeongchojae Hall and Gojiksa, the caretaker's house; these were not originally built as a jaesil. The site had been an ordinary residence from the Japanese colonial period before the Milseong Bak clan purchased it and converted it into a jaesil; Gojiksa, Gyeongchojae and Yeongcheopgak were added later, giving the complex its present layout. Overall it is arranged in a square plan: entering through Anggyeongmun Gate, Manunjae stands ahead; behind it, centred on a courtyard, Yugyeonggak stands with Gojiksa and Gyeongchojae to its left and right; and to the right of Yugyeonggak a separate wall encloses Yeongcheopgak. Manunjae measures five bays across the front and one and a half bays on the side; its roof tiles are said to have been renewed in the late 1960s, with the tiles taken down from the roof used to cover the top of the surrounding wall. A wide wooden-floored hall of three bays occupies the centre, flanked on each side by an ondol, or heated-floor, room. Yugyeonggak was the building where preparations were made for the rites at Gyeongdeokdan; it measures six and a half bays across the front and two and a half bays on the side, with a hipped-and-gabled roof whose sides form the shape of the character 八 (eight). From left to right it consists of a kitchen, an ondol room, a wooden-floored hall, and another ondol room; overall the building is considerably deteriorated. Yeongcheopgak is a single-bay building enclosed by a separate wall on the right, housing a portrait of Bak Hae-cheol, who built Gyeongdeokdan and Manunjae; its floor is laid with wooden boards, and the portrait is enshrined on the rear wall. Gyeongchojae is where Bak Hae-cheol's portrait is enshrined and memorial rites are performed; it measures four bays across the front and one bay on the side, with a hipped roof that appears trapezoidal when viewed from the front, and is arranged from north to south as a wooden-floored hall, an ondol room, and a kitchen. Gojiksa, where the caretaker resided, stands facing Gyeongchojae and measures four bays across the front and one and a half bays on the side, arranged from south to north as a wooden-floored hall, an ondol room, and a kitchen; having been left unattended for a long time, the building is in poor condition.

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Miryang, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료