Samhyogak Pavilion, Changwon

Samhyogak was built in 1916 to commemorate the fact that all three brothers — Gang Tae-hyeong (姜泰馨, 1843–1911), Gang Nae-hyeong (姜乃馨, 1853–1919) and Gang Jae-hyeong (姜載馨, 1863–1897) — received royal commendations (jeongnyeo) for filial piety after local residents and Confucian scholars repeatedly brought their extraordinary devotion to their parents to the court's attention; the pavilion was accordingly named Samhyogak, the "Hall of the Three Filial Sons". In serving their parents, the three brothers observed every formality of filial devotion throughout their lives, and a story is also told that when their father suffered from a boil, one of the sons sucked out the infection to cure him. The building has three bays across the front and one bay in depth. It is built in the dapo style, a traditional bracket-set construction, with granite column bases carved into a rounded shape. The dapo style is one of Korea's representative styles of timber-frame construction, in which bracket sets are placed not only atop the columns but also between them, to bear the load of the eaves. The original timbers are well preserved, with almost no structural alteration, and stylistically the building shares the same elaborate decorative techniques found elsewhere in the Uiryeong area. It is of academic and heritage value for what it reveals about the Confucian heritage of the Gyeongnam region in the late Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Changwon, Gyeongnam

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료