Chuwonjae Hall, Sangju

Chuwonjae Hall is an ancestral memorial hall (jaesa) of the Chanseonggong branch of the Jinju Gang clan. It was built in 1704 below the burial ground of Gang Yeong-suk (d. 1504) and his four sons — Ho (eldest), Taek (second), On (third) and Jun (fourth) — by his descendants Gang Jin, Gang Ro and Gang Seok-gyeong. It is still used today for performing ancestral rites at the grave site, for guarding the tombs, and as a place for descendants to gather. After the hall had fallen into disrepair, clan members pooled their resources in 1830 to rebuild it, and sealed the ridge-raising record inside the jongdori (the main ridge purlin) above the main hall. Chuwonjae, a lecture-hall-type memorial house (jaesil) rebuilt in 1830, was solidly built using generously sized timbers, and it retains almost all of its appearance from the time of that reconstruction. Small but notable features that make the building distinctive include the style of windows and doors between the cheong (wooden-floored hall) and the bang (room), which hints at the building's age; the carefully finished sill mouldings (turaksoran) beneath the windows, shaped to improve durability and airtightness; and the antique, unpretentious charm of its kkachibal brackets (small supporting braces).

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Where it is

Region

Sangju, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료