Aseok Pavilion

About this place

Aseok Pavilion is a pavilion in Geumma-myeon, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do, built during the Japanese colonial period. In 1934, Jin Hong built it on the western side of the practice target range of the Toehyudang (休休堂) retreat, where his ancestors — the Jinjumyeon (Jinju) Jin clan's Gonam Soseryeong and Yanggok Soseyang — lived for generations. The pavilion sits on a slope mid-hill with a low foundation of dressed stone, and round stone column bases support the pillars. The floor is a wooden grate (urumaru) style, with an angled strut between the column base and the floor joists in the shape of the Chinese character for eight (八). The floor has railings of one-column height and ventilated boards carved in the 亞 and hollowed-form patterns. The roof is a double-eave hipped-gable (paljak) structure, and below the ridge beam a foundation-year inscription (sangryang-mun) survives. The overall appearance is neat, and while maintaining relatively traditional woodworking techniques, it also reflects new architectural methods of the Japanese colonial era.