Hwajae and Yugyeongnu Pavilion

Hwajae and Yugyeongnu Pavilion were built by descendants of the Yeongyang Nam clan to honour the virtue of Songjeong Nam Su (1395–1477); Hwajae is a jaesil (ancestral ritual hall) for the memorial rites of Nam Su, while Yugyeongnu is a lecture hall for teaching younger scholars. With a mountain at their back, Hwajae stands to the left and Yugyeongnu to the right. Nam Su entered government service during the reign of King Taejong of Joseon and rose to the post of magistrate of Yongdam. It is said that when King Danjong ceded the throne to King Sejo, Nam Su shut his door and received no one, for which he was revered as a loyal official who remained faithful to the deposed king. It is said that 90 per cent of today's Yeongyang Nam clan are his descendants. Hwajae was built on a sloping site, measuring five bays across the front and five bays deep. The building has a square-shaped plan, similar to that of the Eongokjae at Gangni. Centred on the front gate, a storeroom and kitchen are located to the left, and a two-bay heated room to the right. Behind the heated room, a three-bay right wing extends. Adjoining the heated room is a storeroom, and behind it is a passage bay connecting to Yugyeongnu. The left wing, connected to the kitchen, consists of a one-bay heated room and a two-bay heated room arranged at right angles to each other. At the rear, rooms are arranged on either side of a wide, three-bay wooden-floored hall in the centre. The roof frame is an unadorned three-purlin structure with no decorative elements. Yugyeongnu, located to the right of Hwajae, is a pavilion-style building measuring three bays across the front and one and a half bays deep. Although the slope of the site is not very steep, the front is built as a fully two-storeyed structure. A curved wooden balustrade is installed along the front veranda bay, giving the pavilion a sense of elevation, and the roof frame is a five-purlin structure with plank king-posts, topped by a hipped-and-gabled roof. According to the Record of Yugyeongnu, Yugyeongnu was first built in 1774, the 50th year of King Yeongjo of Joseon. Meanwhile, the ridge-beam inscription above the inner hall of Hwajae shows that the present building was rebuilt in 1914. Although it is a rebuilt structure, it holds high heritage value as a record of the regional architectural culture.

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Where it is

Region

Yeongdeok, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료