House of Sin Seokjeong
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Location63, Seokjeong-ro Buan-eup, Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do
- CategoryCultural Heritage / Tangible Cultural Heritage
- Korean신석정 고택
- Chinese辛錫正故宅
- FieldLifestyle & Folklore / Lifestyle
- Contents TypeHistoric Site / Building
- Current Location63, Seokjeong-ro Buan-eup, Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do
- Original LocationBuan-gun, Jeollabuk-do
- Definition
- The house of Sin Seokjeong, located in Seoneun-ri, Buan-eup, Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do.
- Summary
- Sin Seokjeong was born in 1907 (the 1st year of the reign of King Sunjong) in present-day Dongjung-ri, Buan-eup, Buan-gun, and graduated from the Buan Elementary School. While working on his dream of becoming a writer, he went to Seoul in 1930 and studied under the Buddhist monk Park Han-yeong (pen-name: Seok-jeon) at the Buddhism Educational Institute at Gaeunsa Temple. He became a member of the Poetic Literature Association and embarked upon his literary activities, but he returned home upon hearing of his mother’s death. Later, Sin Seokjeong purchased this house and named it Cheongguwon, where he lived until he moved to Nosong-dong in the city of Jeonju in 1952.
- Location
- The House of Sin Seokjeong is located at 63, Seokjeong-ro (560, Seoneun-ri), Buan-eup, Buan-gun. The Seokjeong Literary Museum is also situated next to the house.
- Development
- The house was originally a thatched-roof house measuring three kan (a unit of measurement referring to the distance between two columns), but it was renovated into a four kan structure.
- Forms
- The house was originally built as a thatched-roof house (three kan), but it was renovated into a wooden house currently measuring four kan at the front by two kan at the sides on a linear plane, which is a typical construction style of the southern region of Korea. The house comprises a kitchen, an anbang (main room), a witbang (upper room), a geonneonbang (a room opposite the main room) and a maru (wooden floor). The room on the left has a modern-style, double-glazed window.
The overall structure of the house consists of a single-tiered, low stylobate, a natural stone foundation, and a square pillar, which is connected with a girder. The house has a hipped roof with single-layered eaves, and displays the typical architectural features of a southern-style household coupled with modern interior elements. During Shin’s time at the house, various trees including a ginkgo tree, obeche, silk-tree, and thuja stood in its front yard, while a Northern bamboo field was located to the west of the house.
- Current Status
- The House of Sin Seokjeong was designated as Jeollabuk-do Monument No. 84 on August 31, 1993. The house is currently being maintained by Song Deok-nyeo.