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On the 16th year of King Jeongjo (1792), Gwon Jo constructed this house in celebration of the virtue of his grandfather, Gwon Bo. It is the head house of the Gwon families. It is located in a small village with about 50 houses, against a hill in the north. Gwon Bo led a very simple and frugal life, which is reflected through the simplicity of the gabled-roof of this house, not a more splendid hipped-and-gabled roof.
The small building out front is called a new sarangchae (outer quarters) or Iljijae, which was used as a study hall for sons and local students.
During our visit the owners demonstrated the house's hypocaust ondol heating system. Since it was summer, it was difficult to tell whether it would have worked well in the winter, but she assured us it would. However, the system generated enormous amounts of smoke that flooded the house, with only a fraction exiting through the back chimney. The system contains a design flaw: much smoke exits through vents in the central courtyard, where it becomes trapped.
(Important folklore material #176)
Close-up plan of Jeong Jae-yeong house.
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spaces.
Plan copyright 2002-2003 ATA
Laboratory, Daejeon, Korea. Measured and drawn in August, 2002 by
the ATA team (including Tim Ciccone).
Wide plan of Jeong Jae-yeong house.
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Plan copyright 2002-2003 ATA
Laboratory, Daejeon, Korea. Measured and drawn in August, 2002 by
the ATA team (including Tim Ciccone).
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copyright 2003 Tim Ciccone. Photographed in August, 2002.
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Cultural Properties Administration.
ATA Laboratory, Daejeon, Korea.