Ouijeong Pavilion, Sancheong

Ouijeong Pavilion, Sancheong was built by Min Dong-hyeok (pen name Songam), grandson of Min Su (pen name Goeheon, 1784–1871), to honour his grandfather's last wishes. Min Su, a Confucian scholar, left a dying instruction that his descendants build a study hall where they could pursue their learning. Accordingly, in 1872 his five sons built a single-bay study in Samcheon-dong, which was the origin of Ouijeong Pavilion. As for the pavilion's name: local Confucian scholars suggested that, since among Mencius's "three joys of life" one joy was for brothers to be free of misfortune, and all five brothers were indeed free of misfortune, the pavilion should be called Orakjeong (Pavilion of Five Joys). The five brothers, however, felt it improper to use the word "joy" when they had been unable to bring their father joy in his lifetime, so instead they took the character ui (宜, "good" or "proper") from the phrase "uihyeonguije" (宜兄宜弟) in the Book of Songs — meaning to be good to elder and younger brothers alike — and named it Ouijeong instead. In 1909 Min Su's eldest grandson, Min Dong-hyeok, moved the pavilion to its present site. Ouijeong Pavilion stands facing south-east at the end of an isolated ridge south of Daepo-ri. It is a two-storey pavilion with three bays across the front and two bays on the side, with a single-eaved hip-and-gable roof. On the upper floor, a heated ondol room is placed at the centre of the rear, with a raised wooden-floored veranda (numaru) on the remaining three sides. On the lower floor, an underfloor flue system (gudeul) was installed beneath the ondol room above to heat it. Access is by stone steps set on either side. The bracket style is sorosujang, a simple type using block-shaped supports (soro) rather than full multiple bracket sets, and the upper frame is a three-purlin (samnyangga) structure.

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Where it is

Region

Sancheong, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료