Jonjae Head House and Myeongseoam.uheonjeong Pavilion

Jonjae Head House, the birth house of Yi Su-ak, eighth-generation descendant of Yi Hwi-il (1619-1673), was built to commemorate Yi Hwi-il. The complex consists of the head house, Myeongseoam, Uheonjeong - where Yi Su-ak spent his later years - and four management buildings. Yi Hwi-il was a scholar of the mid-Joseon period whose pen name was Jonjae. He devoted himself to Neo-Confucian studies and worked to train the next generation of scholars. His writings include Jeonwon Palgok Sijo, Hongbeom Yeonui and Jonjaejip, and after his death he was enshrined at Illyang Seowon in Yeonghae. Jonjae Head House is Yi Su-ak's birth house. It measures eight bays across the front and six and a half bays deep, and its roof is a hipped-and-gabled (paljak) roof, which forms the shape of the Chinese character for "eight" (八) when viewed from the side. It originally consisted of a main hall (jeongchim) and a shrine, but today only the main hall survives. Built around 1650, the first year of King Hyojong of Joseon, the building is an important example of mid-Joseon architectural style. Myeongseoam was built in 1733, the ninth year of King Yeongjo of Joseon, by Myeonunjae, a great-grandson of Yi Hwi-il, to honour and commemorate Yi Hwi-il's learning and virtue. It measures three bays across the front and two bays deep, with a hipped-and-gabled roof. It is well preserved and is also known as the place where Yi Hwi-il wrote Hongbeom Yeonui. Uheonjeong is a pavilion built in the late 1800s by Yi Su-ak, who was renowned as a commander of righteous army volunteers (uibyeong). It measures three bays across the front and one and a half bays deep, with a hipped-and-gabled roof, and is the place where Yi Su-ak spent his later years. The management building stands to the left of Myeongseoam and measures four bays across the front and four bays deep. It is well preserved and holds historical value.

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Where it is

Region

Yeongdeok, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료