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Myeongjae's House (Yun Jeung's House) |
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Essay; A Model of the Design of Hanok - Yun Jeung's House (Korean) VOD Talk at Nu-maru of Sarang-chae Myeongjae's House (Yun Jeung's House) is a Jongga or family head house of
the Papyeong Yun family. Myeongjae Yun Jeung (1629~1714) was a
famous Confucian scholar and political reformist of Joseon Dynasty,
though he never took any government post. The house is presumed to date
back to the early 18th century. It is said that the house was built in
1709, and began to be resided at by Myeongjae's grandson
in 1725. It is deemed to be one of the most typical
upper-class houses in the middle of Joseon Dynasty. The house is
fairly moderate in size considering the social status of the resident, Yun
Jeung, however, it shows the typical designs and ideas of the
traditional Korean house. And the house makes us feel critically what
'human scale' is like. |