Daesan Pavilion, Sangju

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2206

Category

Architecture

Era

조선시대

Designated year

2022

Location

상주시, 경상북도— 경상북도 상주시 채릉산로 799-46 (외서면)

Coordinates

36.476454, 128.061920Kakao address conversion

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Sangju Daesan-ru (Great Mountain Tower) was initially constructed in 1602 as a scholarly retreat and study facility where Ub-bok Jeong Gyeong-se (1563-1633), a prominent Yeongnam-school philosopher, withdrew from official service and established his residence in Usan-ri to pursue scholarly cultivation. Subsequently refined to its present form in 1778, the structure served as an intellectual hub for clan scholarship and scholarly exchange. As a historical artifact reflecting the scholarly lives of Joseon provincial scholars, Daesan-ru provides valuable documentation. *Jeong Gyeong-se was recognized as an inheritor of seventeenth-century Yeongnam philosophical traditions, achieving distinction as a preeminent scholar of ritual philosophy (ye-hak) alongside Kim Jang-saeng, producing approximately 107 disciples including Yu Jin, third son of renowned historical figure Yu Seong-ryong (1542-1607). Sangju Daesan-ru comprises a five-rafter two-story pavilion with hip-and-gable roof configuration featuring mountain-water placement orientation. The overall floor plan demonstrates a T-shaped configuration: the southern I-shaped structure functions as single-story pavilion housing (jeong-sa) serving as scholarly instruction space, while the northern horizontal-bar structure comprises the pavilion (nu-gak) functioning as multi-purpose space for leisure, guest reception, and scholarly reading. The pavilion section measures 4 bays on the front and 2 bays on the side, composed of central open-hall spaces and flanking heated rooms; the literary pavilion measures 2 bays on the front and 5 bays on the side, organized around a one-bay-width heated room core with forward platform space and rear library function. The distinctive architectural technique of connecting the two structures via T-shaped configuration, accompanying natural-stone staircases and protective walls, second-story heated-room installation within the pavilion, and column-extended roof-beam suspension employing protruding-rafter configurations manifest Daesan-ru's architectural value. Complementarily, the surrounding environment including the nearby Ub-bok clan ancestral house and related structures remains well-preserved, with numerous literary collections and historical documents produced at this location documenting rural transformation, demonstrating high historical and scholarly value meriting designation as national-level heritage.

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