Buksanjeong Pavilion, Hapcheon

Buksanjeong is a jaesil, a memorial hall for ancestral rites, dedicated to Ryu Deok-yong (1563–1644). It was built in 1873, the 10th year of Emperor Gojong's reign, through the joint efforts of his descendants' clan. The building measures four kan across the front and one and a half kan in depth, kan being the bay unit used to measure traditional buildings. It is built in the jeontoe style, with a half-kan toe (eave extension) at the front, and its rooms are arranged around a two-kan daecheong (open wooden-floored hall) in the centre, flanked by one room on each side. All the floors are umul-maru (a lattice-patterned wooden floor), and the front toe bay is also floored as a toe-maru, enlarging the floor area; built-in wall cupboards are set into the rear of the rooms on both sides. The building stands on a platform built of natural stones stacked three to four courses high, with cornerstones supporting the pillars; only the front pillars are round in section. The roof frame is a simple three-ryang (purlin) structure, in which a long square support post set on the main beam — which is joined to the toe-beam extending from the toe bay — bears the ridge purlin. Square support posts stand above the rooms, but unusually, above the daecheong a round plate-shaped support post is set facing the direction of the purlins rather than the beam. The wall studs set between the lower and middle rails, and between the middle rail and the beam, on the left and right sides, harmonise with the long square support posts to give the building an antique feel. It has single eaves and a gabled roof.

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Region

Hapcheon, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료