| About the house
Hyangdan
was a house of Lee
Eongual
who was a younger brother of Lee
Eonjeok(1491~1553), a famous Confucian
scholar of Choson dynasty. It was built in 1543, on a hilly site of Yangdong
village at Yangdong-ri, Gangdong-myon, Wolsong-gun, Kyongsangbuk-do province. The
house is famous for the exceptional spatial composition. It has two tight courtyards
around which variable spaces with diverse qualities are interconnected.
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distant view |
view
from the rear hill |
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servants'
building (haengrang-chae)
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second
gate into the inner
building (an-chae)
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tight courtyard surrounded by
inner and
outer
buildings |
facade
of the outer
building |
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narrow
space between haengrang-chae (left) and an-chae photo
by Jeon Jaeyoung |
roof of the
servants'
building seen from
the inner
building |
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another courtyard with kitchen |
detail
of the structure, so-called ikgong, of the outer building |
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