Bibongnu Pavilion, Jinju

Bibongnu Pavilion stands beneath Bibongsan, the guardian mountain of Jinju. It has a hip-and-gable roof with double eaves and a five-purlin frame (oryangga), and a floor plan of three bays across the front and two bays deep; the piers beneath its raised floor (nuhaju) are tall, octagonal foundation stones worked at a slant on top, and the bracket system is of the three-tiered sam-ikgong type with projecting bracket arms (chulmok). A diagonal beam (chungnyang) rests on top of the main crossbeam, its head carved with a dragon-head ornament. Bibongnu Pavilion occupies the spot long frequented by Jeong Mong-ju, pen name Poeun, a great Confucian scholar of the late Goryeo and early Joseon periods and a loyal subject of Goryeo; it was built in 1939 by his descendant Jeong Sang-jin, and comprises the pavilion together with the main gate of the caretaker's house. It is known as one of Jinju's representative buildings, and the view of the city spread out below, seen from the pavilion, is said to be exceptionally beautiful. To the east, the caretaker's house is used as both a study and a tea room; it is a hip-and-gable building of three bays across the front and two bays deep, with gyeja-style balustrades on all four sides and glass windows fitted to the outside, and its own pavilion-style piers are short. It consists of a wooden-floored hall and two rooms, and in its mixture of Korean and Japanese-style elements it shows an eclectic double-roomed (gyeopjip) plan with ancillary spaces combined in varied forms. It served as the study of Jeong Myeong-su, a local calligrapher who carried on the tradition of Chusache, a noted style of calligraphy, and it is now managed by his descendants. The designated area is 1,190 ㎡, comprising a single building (42.97 ㎡) measuring three bays across the front and two bays deep.

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Region

Jinju, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료