Changnyeongwigung Ritual House, Seoul

This is a traditional Korean-style timber house enclosed by a tall foundation of dressed stone. It was built as the jaesa, a house for ancestral memorial rites, of Kim Byeong-ju, who held the title Changnyeongwi as son-in-law of King Sunjo, the twenty-third king of Joseon. The building carries historical significance as the place where, after the Japan–Korea annexation, Kim Byeong-ju's grandson Kim Seok-jin refused the title of baron offered by Japan and took his own life in protest. The section originally built as Kim Byeong-ju's jaesa serves as the main hall, while the sarangchae, the men's reception quarters, is said to have been relocated here from elsewhere. The jaesa and the servants' quarters were damaged during the Korean War and later rebuilt.

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Where it is

Region

Gangbuk-gu, Seoul

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산