Andong Kim Clan Jonghoeso

Located behind Daewonsa Temple in Mokseong-dong, Andong, this jonghoeso (clan assembly hall) was originally built in 1770 by descendants as a shrine to honour Lord Kim Seon-pyeong, one of the Samtaesa, the three meritorious subjects credited with founding Goryeo; for various reasons its use later changed, and it came to serve as a jonghoeso where the clan discussed its affairs. After the hall was built, Kim Won-haeng (金垣行) wrote the calligraphy for its signboard, and Kim Yang-geun (金養根) built the surrounding wall and carried out repairs. Later, when the wall and building were damaged by wind and rain, the hall was rebuilt in 1804 at a site slightly lower than the original. The building has three bays across the front and two bays in depth, with round plinth stones set on a low platform and round columns raised upon them. In plan, there is a two-bay room on the right and a four-bay daecheong (open wooden-floored hall) on the left. There is no wall between the maru and the room, only doors throughout: the front bay consists entirely of a single deulmun (a door panel that lifts and hooks up to the ceiling), within which a pair of hinged doors is unusually set, while the rear bay uses an ordinary four-panel folding-and-lifting door (sabunhap deureoyeolgaemun). The column heads are finished in the chogikgong style (a simple single-tier bracket), and the shape of the bracket arms (salmi) differs between front and back. The unusual method of deulmun construction between the hall and room at the front of this building is very rare, and it is valued as material that will aid research into windows and doors in traditional architecture.

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Where it is

Region

Andong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료