HOA AMACE : KOREA

KOREA

ORIGINALLY TRANSCRIBED AS COREA; MARCO POLO CALLED IT CAULI

KAN

ARCHITECTURE IN KOREA IS BUILT AROUND THIS UNIT, WHERE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POSTS IS ABOUT 3.7M

JUSIMPO

COLUMN BRACKET

DAPO

MULTI BRACKET

IKGONG

WING SHAPED BRACKET

TANCH'ONG PAINTING STYLE

COVERS THE OUTSIDE EAVES, RAFTERS, AND CEILING WITH PAINTED PATTERNS

LOG HOUSES

INTERSTICES BETWEEN LOGS WERE FILLED BY CLAY. THIS STRUCTURE CAN STILL BE SEEN IN MOUNTAIN HOUSES IN GANGWON-DO PROVINCE

ELEVATED HOUSES

USED FOR STORAGE; SURVIVES TODAY AS TWO-STOREY PAVILLIONS AND LOOKOUT STANDS

SANSEONG

MOUNTAIN FORTRESS

EUPSONG

CITY FORTRESS

JIAN

STONE PILE TOMB

GOGURYEO GABUN/GUN

LARGE EARTH MOUND

BAEKJE

PERIOD OF THE THREE KINGDOMS WHERE RELATIONS WERE ESTABLISHED WITH JAPAN AND CHINA

SILLA

THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD WHEREIN BUDDHIST TEMPLES WERE BUILT

CHEOMSEONGDAE

STAR GAZING TOWER. OLDEST SURVIVING OBSERVATORY IN ASIA

UNITED SILLA

GOLDEN AGE OF KOREAN ART; BUDDHISM FLOURISHED

SEORABEOL

BECAME THE ROYAL CAPITAL IN UNITED SILLA

SA

KOREAN BUDDHIST TEMPLES

ILJUMUN

ONE PILLAR GATE FOUND AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE GROUNDS

SACHEONWANGMUN

GATE OF THE FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS; THIS MARKS THE ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE BOUNDARIES

BEOPDANG

DHARMA HALL THAT IS MAINLY USED FOR LECTURES AND SERMONS

JONGGO

BELL TOWER FOUND IN BUDDHIST TEMPLES

DAEUNGJEON

MAIN SHRINE HALL HOUSING THE TEMPLE'S MAIN BUDDHA STATUE

TA / TAP

KOREAN PAGODA; CONSIDERED A GRAVE OF BUDDHA

MYEONG BUJEON

JUDGEMENT HALL HOUSING AN IMAGE OF THE BUDDHA AND HAS DEPICTIONS OF BUDDHIST HELL

NAHANJEON

HALL OF ARHATS

ARHATS

ONE WHO HAS GAINED INSIGHTS INTO THE TRUE NATURE OF EXISTENCE; ONE WHO HAS ACHIEVED NIRVANA

SANSINGAK

SHAMANIC SHRINE DEDICATED TO THE MOUNTAIN GOD SANSHIN; SOMETIMES CALLED CHILSEONG GAK OR SAMSEONG GAK

JANGANSA SANSINGAK

IS A SMALL SHRINE DEDICATED TO THE MOUNTAIN GOD SANSHIN

BULGUK SA

PULGUK TEMPLE; BEST PRESERVED BUDDHIST TEMPLE OF THE PERIOD

CHEONGUN GYO

BLUE CLOUD BRIDGE

CHUSIMP'O

ADAPTATION OF TANG ARCHITECTURE

TAP'O

MORE DECORATIVE THAN THE CHUSIMP'O STYLE

KYOONGBOKGUNG

COMPLEX OF MORE THAN 100 BUILDINGS

KUNJANG HALL

THRONE ROOM

CHONGMYO

ROYAL ANCESTRAL SHRINE

HYANGGYO

GOVERNMENT-RUN PROVINCIAL SCHOOL MAINLY FOR YANGBAN (RULING ELITE UPPER CLASS)

SEOWON

PRIVATE SCHOOL SERVES AS CONFUCIAN SHRINE AND PREPARATOR SCHOOL

JAESIL

CLAN MEMORIAL HALL

JONGMYO

MEMORIAL SHRINE BUILT BY THE GOVERNMENT AND COMMEMORATES THE EXCEPTIONAL ACTS OF FILIAL PIETY OR DEVOTION

BAESANIMSU

HOUSE MUST BE BUILT WITH MOUNTAIN IN THE REAR AND RIVER IN FRONT

UMJIB

NORTH: BUILT IN A SQUARE WITH COURTYARD IN THE MIDDLE

MYEONGJAE HANOK

SOUTH: L SHAPED AND MORE OPEN

ONDOL

UNDER FLOOR HEATING THAT USES DIRECT TRANSFER FROM WOOD SMOKE TO UNDERSIDE OF A THICK MASONRY FLOOR

AGUNGI

FIRE BOX OR STOVE

RAISED MASONRY FLOOR

WITH SMOKE PASSAGES UNDERNEATH AND A VERTICAL FREE-STANDING CHIMNEY ON THE EXTERIOR WALL

GIWA

ROOFING TILE MADE OF BAKED SOIL

MARU

WOODEN FLOOR

SARANGCHAE

RECEIVING AREA; OCCUPIED ONLY BY MALE MEMBERS AND ALSO THE AREA WHERE FATHER TEACHES SON

ANCHAE

PRIVATE AND RESTRICTED AREA OF THE HOUSE PROTECTED BY AN INNER GATE. IT IS WHERE WOMEN OF THE HOUSEHOLD ARE LOCATED AND WHERE FAMILY EVENTS ARE HELD