Bagyakjae

A traditional house in Jecheon, this is a late Joseon-period lecture hall built by the Jinju Kang clan for the education of their children. Descendants of the Kang clan studied here and grew into influential local gentry in the Jecheon area. At the entrance of Jecheon Sangpung Village, there is a signboard for Jecheon Bagyakjae and a monument for the Jinju Kang clan. From there, taking the mountain path to the left leads to Bagyakjae. A single-leaf gate stands at the front, surrounded by a random-stone wall. It is a hip-and-gable-roofed house measuring 3 kan in front and 2 kan on the sides, with a small pond featuring an island in the center in front. The central area has a wooden-floored hall, with two rooms on the left, one room on the right, and a wooden veranda. The hanging plaque is in the handwriting of Yu In-seok, a late Joseon scholar. In 1907, Gang Sun-jo, Park Jeong-su, and Yi Hwa-jung compiled the <Ungang Changui Ilrok>, a battle record of the Hoseo righteous army commander Yi Gang-nyeon, here. Although the building has a long history, it has been maintained by the Jinju Kang clan, so its preservation condition was relatively good. Gang Yu, who submitted a memorial advocating resistance during the Jeongmyo Horan (Manchu invasion of 1627), also studied here.