Unseojеong Pavilion

About this place

Unsojeong (雲棲亭) is a pavilion built in 1928 by Kim Seung-hui (1892–1958), son of Seungji Kim Yang-geun (1858–1926), spending 300 seok of rice of the day to honor his father's virtuous deeds. The builders erected a terrace by stacking stones along a gentle southward slope, then placed the buildings on the platform. Entering through the Gajeongmun gate — a high-gated entrance equipped with a maru floor-loft — and climbing the stairs, one finds the east and west study halls arranged on either side; above another retaining wall stands Unsojeong. Unsojeong is a building in the jusimpo bracket style with a frontage of 4 bays and a depth of 3 bays, with 20 stone base pillars supporting wooden columns, hip-and-gable roof with four corner eave supports (hwaju) braced by decorative base stones (hwajuseokdae). On the front of the pavilion, two dragons face outward on either side of the 'Unsojeong' hanging sign, and on the main ridge beam of the central hall two more dragons face each other with their bodies draped over the beam.