Yeomsudang Hall in Sirye-ri, Gimhae

Yeomsudang stands on a site of about 700 pyeong and comprises an outer gate building, a sarangchae (men's quarters), an anchae (women's quarters), a gamyo (ancestral shrine), a gobangchae (storehouse) and three further outbuildings. The sarangchae of Yeomsudang is five kan wide across the front and one kan deep, with a toe (a projecting bay) at both front and rear; from the right it is arranged as a large sarangbang, a small sarangbang, an anmaru (an inner wooden-floored hall), a jungmun-gan (a middle gate passage) and a middle sarangbang, with a toenmaru (narrow veranda) fitted in the front toe and storage spaces such as a built-in cupboard in the rear toe. Between the small sarangbang and the anmaru a three-leaf sesalmun (a lattice door with fine bars) was fitted, and the rear wall of the anmaru was built as a plank wall with further storage added. A built-in cupboard was also fitted above the middle rail in the large sarangbang, and a single hinged door leading to the anchae was set into its rear wall. A pyeonaek (horizontal nameboard) reading "Yegang Seowon" hangs in front of the large and small sarangbang. The sarangchae roof was originally a saetjip, thatched with silver grass gathered from the banks of the Nakdonggang River, but is said to have been converted to a flat-tiled roof in the spring of 1971; it now has the appearance of a Japanese-style flat-tile roof, with little upward curve to the eave line and a strongly straight profile. The sarangchae is built as a three-purlin frame, with foundation stones set on a rough-stone platform and pillars raised on them, using a mixture of round and square pillars. A capital block sits atop each pillar to support the main beam; plank-shaped bracket arms are fitted to either side of each capital, with a small block set above them to support the beam beneath the eave purlin, and the foot of each capital and the ends of the plank-shaped members are chamfered. The anchae is five kan wide across the front and one kan deep, with toe bays at both front and rear; from the right it consists of a kitchen, a two-kan main room, a maru (wooden-floored hall) and a room across the hall. It is a house with a supporting beam set beneath the eave purlin, and its structure is likewise a three-purlin frame. The form of its doors and windows, its framing technique and the dimensions of its members all clearly display the character of a modern hanok. However, some of its original form has been lost to later alterations made for practical use, such as the kitchen being extended and glass doors fitted at the end of the maru. The gamyo is a single-kan building with a gabled roof, separately enshrining the spirit tablets of four generations of ancestors. There are also other buildings, including a storage wing, a lower annex, a storehouse and an ash shed, but these are not found to hold particular architectural value.

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Gimhae, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료