Son Clan Old House in Wonseo-ri, Miryang

The old house of Son Tae-heung in Wonseo-ri, Sannae-myeon, known as the "cheonseokgun-jip" (house of a lord whose annual harvest reached a thousand seom of grain), is a traditional hanok of a kind commonly found in the southern region, built with grand elegance and an unhurried spaciousness in its structure and layout. The jeongchim (main quarters) is a single-storey, wooden, tile-roofed building with a hip-and-gable roof, six kan wide and two kan deep, while the sarangchae (men's quarters) is likewise single-storey with a hip-and-gable roof, five kan wide and two kan deep. The inner gate building is a single-storey, gable-roofed, wooden, tile-roofed building three kan wide and one kan deep; the storehouse is single-storey and gable-roofed, four kan wide and two kan deep; and the outer gate building is single-storey with a hip-and-gable roof, three kan wide and one kan deep. The complex comprises many buildings set around spacious courtyards, its layout fully realising separate spaces for inner and outer domestic life - the anchae (women's quarters) and sarangchae - centred on these courtyards. The buildings follow essentially a parallel arrangement, with the outer gate building, sarangchae, inner gate building, anchae and storehouse dividing the site into a sarang courtyard and an inner courtyard; as the storehouse stands within the inner courtyard, household work appears to have been carried out there.

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Miryang, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료