The News>Gyeongsangbuk-do Government

내용

Gyeongbuk’s Traditional Houses and Pavilions to Be Famous as UNESCO World Heritage
- - Gyeongsangbuk-do Province carries forward a project of combining houses and pavilions lying scattered in Korea and inscribing them on the UNESCO World Heritage List. If such houses and pavilions get to be inscribed on the World Heritage List, it is expected that the relevant houses and pavilions will get power to be practically used and, in that context, the local economy will become vitalized.

▶Gyeongsangbuk-do, having 9 houses and pavilions designated as Treasure

Totally 290 houses and pavilions are designated as the cultural properties in Korea and 102 of them are concentrated in Gyeongsnagbuk-do. Especially Gyeongsangbuk-do possesses 9 houses and pavilions (41%) out of 22 items designated as the Treasure, thereby being known as the region of houses and pavilions. The houses and pavilions designated as the Treasure in Gyeongsangbuk-do include Imcheonggak House in Andong; Gwangajeong House and Gwiraejeong Pavilion in Gyeongju; Yaongjeong Pavilion in Yecheon; Bangchojeong Pavilion in Gimcheon; Hansujeong Pavilion in Bonghwa; Changyeongru Pavilion in Cheongsong; Cheongwonru House and Chehwajeong Pavilion in Andong.

The houses and pavilions of the Joseon Dynasty period are considered excellent buildings completed with high level of integration and moderation based on the scholarly spirit. Those houses and pavilions were also the places where the classical scholars deeply thought of the issues of nature and human while looking at nature and composed poems and songs.

▶The houses and pavilions valuable enough to become World Heritage

By carrying forward inion of the houses and pavilions on the UNESCO World Heritage List, Gyeongsangbuk-do plans to get power for practically using them and establish the system of organized preservation and management of such houses and pavilions. It is because we think the houses and pavilions are valuable enough to become World Heritage when considering their historical, cultural and educational value. Especially, when such houses and pavilions are designated as World Heritage Site, it is expected that the brand value of the related cities will be increased as well as tourists will be attracted, thereby vitalizing the local economy.

Gyeongsangbuk-do plans to conclude the service contract of basic design until the end of July this year, then set up a division for promoting inion of the houses and pavilions on the UNESCO World Heritage List and consult with related organizations including Cultural Heritage Administration in August, then make agreements with other Provinces such as Honam area in December, and then continue successive work including, but not limited to, selecting candidates for application of inion.

▶Houses and Pavilions designated as the Treasure in Gyeongsangbuk-do


Imcheonggak House in Andong	A pavilion-type house having T-shaped plane which was built in the middle of Joseon Dynasty
Gwangajeong House in Gyeongju	Gwangajeong House, an old house located at Yangdong Village, was constructed in 1514 (in the reign of King Jungjong in Joseon Dynasty) by Son Jung-don (pen name: Ujae) who was a clean government employee.
Yaongjeong Pavilion in Yecheon	A pavilion established by Gwon Sim-eon in 1566 to miss the learning and virtue of his late father Gwon Ui (1475~1558. pen name: Yaong)
Bangchojeong Pavilion in Gimcheon	A pavilion built by Lee Jeong-bok (1575~1637. pen anme: Bangcho), a Confucian scholar and Buhogun, to miss his wife who had passed away Buhogun: an official title of Joseon Dynasty
Hansujeong Pavilion in Bonghwa	A pavilion constructed by Gwon Rae at the site of Geoyeonheon House, a tent for ancestral rites, built by his grand father Gwon Beol (pen name: Chungjae)
Changyeongru Pavilion in Cheongsong	A pavilion built by Ha Dam, the Chief of Cheongsong Prefecture in 1428. It was named Changyeongru, meaning to look up to and praise Bogwangsan Mountain where the progenitor tomb of Queen Soheon of the Cheongsong Sim Clan is located.
Cheongwonru House in Andong	A pavilion reconstructed in 1641 by Kim Sang-heon when he returned from Qing Dynasty in China after having been taken to the country. The pavilion’s name has the meaning of keeping away from Qing Dynasty.
Chehwajeong Pavilion in Andong	A pavilion constructed by Jinsa* Lee Min-jeok (1702~1763) to brush up on his study. * Jinsa: a government post of Joseon Dynasty, meaning a person who has only passed the first examination for office
Gwiraejeong Pavilion in Gyeongju	A pavilion initially named Yukhwajeong Pavilion when built in 1755 by a descent of Lee Cheol-myeong, and then renamed as Gwiraejeong Pavilion in 1938

Search area

Sub-util area

Sub-menu area

Body area

The News

Gyeongbuk’s Traditional Houses and Pavilions to Be Famous as UNESCO World Heritage 상세내용