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Today's Korean architecture can be traced back to historical periods such as the Three Kingdoms period, where they constructed royal palaces, temples, and fortresses. It can also be connected to Chinese architecture with sloping roofs, Modern day Korean wooden-frame architecture is a major example of this that is still prevalent today.
A hanok (Korean: 한옥; name in South Korea) or chosŏnjip (조선집; name in North Korea and for Koreans in Yanbian, China), is a traditional Korean house. Hanok were first designed and built in the 14th century during the Joseon dynasty.
In present, it is inhabited by traditional musicians. [30] Oeam Village South Chungcheong: 2011 ii, iv, v, vi (cultural) Oeam is a traditional Korean clan village. According to oral traditions, it was first inhabited about 500 years ago. It is a farming village, surrounded by fields.
Daemokjang (Korean: 대목장; alternatively Daimokjang) is a style of traditional Korean wooden architecture and a term for the woodworking artisans who create it. [1] The word literally means carpenter. Mokjang means woodworker, and are divided into Somokjang (lit. lesser woodworker) and Daemokjang (lit. greater woodworker).
Choga has not provoked much academic research both domestically and internationally, [12] and is often neglected in dialogues about traditional Korean architecture in favour of Giwa which was the representative housing type of the noble, upperclass. [4]
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The kan (Korean: 간; Hanja: 間) is a traditional unit of measurement used in Korean architecture still found in use today primarily to describe palaces, Buddhist temples and shrines, and Confucian school buildings, from the Joseon era. A Kan is the distance between two support beams or pillars. 1 Kan is defined as being a space of about two ...
Korean traditional patterns were used in architecture, daily goods, and artifacts of Buddhist temples to further emphasize Buddhism. The main purpose for making patterns was decorative, and often functioned to protect the object. For example, 'Dancheong' is a Korean artifact painted with various patterns on a wooden structure. The reason for ...