| Seong
Jun-gyeong House (age unknown) other
sites in Chungnam province |
Asan, Korea |
Click to enlarge aerial view drawn by Tim Ciccone, copyright 2003 |
Click for axonometric of interior space drawn by Tim Ciccone, copyright 2003 |
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This house is comprised of an inner quarters in the shape of "U", an inner gate building with a "--" shape, and an outer quarters shaped like an "L". Together, these buildings form a shape similar to the Chinese character for "sun"--an auspicious arrangement. This layout is common in central South Korea.
It is unusual that there is a special room behind the main room in the inner quarters (at the top-left of the "U"). This kind of room is found only in the central and southern parts of Korea, and is thought to have been used to hold sacrificial rites to ancestors.
Site plan of Seong Jun-gyeong 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).
Bibliography:
All images
copyright 2003 Tim Ciccone. Photographed in August, 2002.
http://arch.hannam.ac.kr/~hpw/title.htm
Cultural Properties Administration.
ATA Laboratory, Daejeon, Korea.