Aerial view of the house. From this perspective, the complex is divided into three structures. At center is the U-shaped 'anchae', or inner quarters, set apart from the bar-shaped 'munganchae' or gate quarters that sits in front of it. Outside the walls to the left is the 'sarangchae', or outer quarters, where the men of the family studied Confucianism and entertained guests.

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