Unsudang Hall, Jinju

Unsudang was built as a jaesil to hold the spirit tablet of Ha Yun, who went by the pen name Unsudang, but in recent times a shrine, Gyeonginsa, was built to the right of the boundary wall, and the spirit tablet is now kept there instead. Unsudang stands on a rectangular site slightly longer north–south; set a little to the right of centre, Unsudang and the gate house face each other, with the pavilion Mangchujeong placed at a right angle to Unsudang, to the left between the two buildings. Unsudang itself is three kan wide across the front and two kan deep, with rooms in all three bays. The side bays each comprise one kan of room and one kan of floor, but the central bay has one-and-a-half kan of room and only half a kan of floor, so that the central room projects forward by half a kan; the left-hand room and the central room are also extended by about a quarter kan to the rear. The platform's surface has been finished with cement, so its construction cannot be seen precisely, but its height suggests four to five courses of natural stone, with a two-step stair in front of each of the three front bays. Dressed stone bases and round columns are used only on the front. All three rooms have flat ceilings, so the upper frame cannot be seen directly, but given the hip-and-gable roof and the two-kan depth, it is thought to be a five-purlin structure. There is no special ornamentation, though upper, middle and lower lintel members appear at various points. It has a single eave and a hip-and-gable roof; the eaves curve upward only slightly, but the ridgelines curve more strongly, giving the roofline a handsome curve.

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Region

Jinju, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료