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This is a seodang (village study hall) building from the late Joseon period. It was built in 1800, the 24th year of King Jeongjo, on a hill in the village by the Confucian scholar Gang Pil-hyo (pen name Haeeun, 1764–1848) so that he could teach his disciples; it was rebuilt by his disciples in 1840, the sixth year of King Heonjong; and after the master's death, finding the hall too small, it was rebuilt again in 1867, the fourth year of Emperor Gojong, in the form it retains today. The hall currently houses the woodblocks for the master's literary collections, the Haeeunjip and the Nongnojip. The hall measures three bays across the front and two bays in depth, and is roofed with a paljak (hip-and-gable) roof, so called because its roofline resembles the Chinese character for eight (八) when seen from the side. Inside is a single wooden-floored room, flanked by maru (wooden floor) areas on both sides and at the front, arranged in an unusual way: the inner floor is laid one step higher than the surrounding maru, and lift-up doors are fitted on its front and side walls so that, when raised, the inner room, the surrounding floor and the outside can be opened into a single continuous space. Though a typical seodang building in its function, it is architecturally notable for this unusual floor plan and joinery.

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Where it is

Region

Bonghwa, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료