Mohyeonjeong Pavilion, Geochang

Built in 1898, the second year of the Gwangmu era, this pavilion was raised to commemorate three worthies: Hanwondang Kim Goeng-pil and Ildu Jeong Yeo-chang, counted among Korea's foremost Confucian sages, together with Choe Suk-ryang, who had studied alongside them. The descendants of Pyeongchon-gong and some one thousand members of the local Confucian community from about thirty villages pooled their devotion to build it. Mohyeonjeong is a pavilion-style building, three bays wide and two bays deep, raised on short lower pillars (nuhaju) in the form of an elevated pavilion (nugak). Its floor is laid with wooden flooring (umulmaru) and enclosed by curved gyeja balustrades. Between the changbang tie-beam and the supporting rail beneath the eaves purlin, small sora blocks are inserted as decoration on all four sides; the frame is of the five-purlin type and is fitted with a coffered "well" ceiling. The bracket sets are of the simple cho-ikgong type, with ox-tongue-shaped members turned upward in the angseo style and topped with phoenix-head ornaments, giving strong decorative character, and the eaves are doubled, formed of rafters and sub-rafters. Although built in the raised-pavilion form, it uses short lower pillars while keeping a well-balanced overall elevation; the use of sturdy structural members together with a simple, unadorned framing technique allows the styles and methods of late Joseon architecture to be seen in this building.

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Geochang, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료