Headquarters Office of the Suwoongyo Religion, Daejeon

Built in 1929, this building served as the headquarters overseeing the affairs of Suwoongyo's believers and local branches. In the final years of the Japanese colonial period it was used as a public school classroom, after liberation as an office of the Taegeuk Underground Religious Federation, and during the Korean War as the brigade headquarters of the People's Army. Its distinguishing features are a porch with a single-bay Korean-style tiled roof at the centre, and walls where the upper, middle and lower lintels are clearly distinguished. The round eave-end tiles are carved in the shape of the character 水 (water), while the flat eave-end tiles bear the 'gung-eul' design (弓乙圖形), a pattern symbolising Suwoongyo.

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Where it is

Region

Yuseong-gu, Daejeon

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산