Ongnyuam Hermitage, Bonghwa

Ongnyuam is a hermitage built in 1636 by Hong U-jeong (pen name Dugok) as a place to train younger scholars and to meet and exchange ideas with the scholars revered as the Five Worthies of Taebaek: Gang Heup (pen name Jameun), Sim Jang-se (pen name Gakgeumdang), Jeong Yang (pen name Po-ong) and Hong Seok (pen name Sonudang). The pavilion itself was built in 1637 and rebuilt with a tiled roof in 1756, after which a horizontal plaque inscribed by Heo Muk (pen name Misu) and a memorial essay by Yi Sang-jeong (pen name Taesan) were hung inside. It was repaired again in 1876. Ongnyuam is a hip-and-gable (paljak) tile-roofed building three bays wide and one and a half bays deep; the two bays on the left and right each contain an ondol (heated-floor) room, with the centre used as a daecheong (wooden-floored hall). An earthen and stone wall encloses the pavilion in a square layout, and a sajumun (four-pillar gate) stands at the front right as the entrance. Three ponds lie in front of the pavilion, and poems recording the planting of lotus, wolfberry, chrysanthemum, pine, plum and bamboo there provide valuable material for the study of Joseon-period garden design.

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Bonghwa, Gyeongbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료