Axonometric drawings

Aerial view.
Plan copyright 2003 Timothy M. Ciccone

Axonometric section view

View showing internal space.
Plan copyright 2003 Timothy M. Ciccone

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Seoji Jaesa Memorial Hall of the Uiseong Kim Family - 의성김씨 서지재사 (義城金氏 西枝齋舍) (built 1634 onward)

Seoji Jaesa is a memorial hall where members of the Uiseong Kim clan gather at least once a year to commemorate their illustrious ancestor, Kim Seong-Il. Born in 1538, Kim Seong-Il was a renowned Confucian scholar of the mid-Joseon dynasty. In later years he took the pen name Hakbong and joined Korean forces in resisting the Japanese during their invasion in 1592. The following year, Kim Seong-Il died of sickness while fighting in the field.

Hakbong was buried at Seoji village on a hillside grave that faced south. This carefully tended grave was memorialized for posterity when Kim's clan, the Uiseong Kim, built Seoji Jaesa in in the late 17th century sometime after a memorial stone was erected in 1634. The memorial hall--which looks almost the same today as it did then--was designed to hold a large groups of family members for ancestral rites conducted in the hall or at the grave. During the remaining part of the year the Jaesa housed caretakers and servants whose duty it was to maintain the grave. Even today, elders of the Uiseong Kim clan live at Seoji Jaesa and continue to hold rites in honor of Hakbong.

According to GPS readings collected by the author, the site sits at 36 35.70456' N, 128 44.72701' E (WGS 84 map datum).

(Designated Important Cultural Property #182).

Location

According to GPS readings collected by the author, the site is at 36.595076' N, 128.745450' E (WGS 84 map datum). Address: 경북 안동시 와룡면 서지리 311.