Baegindang Hall

This building was erected in 1661, the second year of King Hyeonjong, by the descendants Yi Ju and Yi Ryun, to commemorate their ancestors of the Gyeongsan Yi clan — Yi Gam, Yi Beon and Yi Heungmun. Yi Gam served as buyun, a local magistrate; Yi Beon served as magistrate of Yangyang; and Yi Heungmun held the post of daesaheon, Inspector-General. The name Baegindang was chosen in the spirit of a saying of the sages — that to endure is itself a virtue, and that through endurance one may achieve benevolence — with the aim of fostering harmony among the clan. Standing at the foot of Gaksan Mountain to the left of the village, the building rests on a granite platform. It measures four bays across the front and two bays to the side, with a hip-and-gable roof that takes the shape of the Chinese character for 'eight' (八) when viewed from the side. A wooden-floored hall occupies the centre, flanked on either side by ondol, underfloor-heated rooms. A wooden floor extends from the front of the ondol rooms, with a balustrade around its outer edge, though this appears to be a later alteration.

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Where it is

Region

Seongju, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료