The House of the Noble Family in Choseon Dynasty 1
The day was hot. I visited the house of the noble family in Choseon Dynasty. The name of the house was Yeom Seon Jae 念先齋. It means that ‘the house of memory on the ancestor’ Yeom Seon Jae was a typical noble family ‘Yangban’ house. In Choseon dynasty, Yangban was the name of the noble family.
Yangban means 2 kinds of noblemen, scholar and warrior. Choseon was built by the warrior. So at first warrior’s power and authority was so strong, but while time is passing by the scholars’ authority was stronger than the warriors.
The house I had visited was representative scholar family. The most important figure was Kim Jang Saeng. He was born in 1548 AD and died 1631 AD. He was very famous scholar in Confucian philosophy. He died in this house.
At first I took some photos from outside
Passing through the front gate you can see the main building. I took this photo with wide angle. It was too wide to use normal lense
It was main entrance.
The house was built on raised foundation with stone and clay. I could look down everything in this house. In this main building was studyroom and reception room
Side View
Entrance from main building
Yeom Seon Jae was surrounded by the apartments.
I wish you enjoy the contrast and combination between old and new.
Old is romantic but inconvenient. New is convenient but not so romantic.
I opened the door and entered into. The rooms were small and humble. Due to the confucian philosophy, the extravagance was the kinds of worst evil at that time.
There were some furnitures and poems and the portrait of Kim Jang Saeng.
Impressive thing was traditional hat.
It’s name was GAT. The gat was symbol of the Yangban.
Gat was made by horsehairs.
Thank you for reading. In next posting, let’s go inside of this house.
I admire your passion for the legacy of the Korean culture.
It's a pleasure to be here and learn from you.
I hope you will upload your mother's paintings one day, they are beautiful and filled with love to the native land.
thanks for sharing @slowwalker
I admire your passion for the legacy of the Korean culture.
It's a pleasure to be here and learn from you.
I hope you will upload your mother's paintings one day, they are beautiful and filled with love to the native land.
Very interesting. Thank you!
The relics of history that are latut preserved as a cultural heritage for our children and grandchildren.
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I just love the rich history and tradition of your Country and people. It must be so interesting to visit places so old and yet kept in good condition. Thank you for sharing this!! The contrast between old and new is really cool!!
A very useful post @slowwalker, in this way I could have a little know about Korean culture, and building custom homes are also very nice of you, always happy to be able to continue to see your postings, may God always give health to you @slowwalker. very interesting for me.
Thank you so much
You are welcome brother @slowwalker
These photos are sweet.. I love this type of architecture!
What a beautiful house that still stands today.
I'm glad to see how these ancient attractions still stick around for years to come and are not damaged badly.
It looks like a really calm and humble place. A place of great wisdom.
Great photographs @slowwalker
I love having new items such as new computer, cellular phone, clothes and etc. But some old passioned items just like a fountain pen, Han-ok, and typewriter bring back old memories and good feeling. To tell you the true, I like your writing more than pictures since I can learn the new story that I haven't known. Thank you for sharing.
Como veo ahora es museum. Que afortunados en España esta prohibido tomar fotos en los museos
Such awesome architecture! There is something very beautiful about it, though I can't say what exactly. Looking forward to the next post :)