Hanok(영문판)(양장본 Hardcover)

A special feature of the traditional Korean Hanok building style is its difference from Western styles. The Hanoks preserved to this day are built according to practical housing needs, while featuring distinct regional differences and adaptations to their surrounding landscapes. They breathe the style and flair of their inhabitants' lives and traces of them can be found almost everywhere within these old houses. Historian Cha Jang-seop explains: ?Inhabitants and house are one. When you see someone, you can image the houses he lives in. Koreans have traditionally acknowledged that a person's honour and dignity is also that of his home. A home is thus a subject like a person, the (hi)story of the house is at the same time the (hi)story of its inhabitants." This is why the beautifully designed traditional houses were officially recognised as national cultural heritage. They are simultaneously recognised as important subjects of scientific research and as natoinal cultural monuments. The fourty houses featured in this book are acknowledged as important national cultural assets, that display the characteristics of Korean traditional houses according to their regional location, age, building type. They are introduced by a brief history and feature photographs portraying the true nature of each traditional house. The range of houses portrayed speaks to their importance as national heritage and the unique characteristic and value of traditional Korean culture.

Introduction

gyeonggi, Gwandong, Hoseo Areas
Residence of Kim Yeong-gu in Yeoju
Residence of Baek Su-Hyeon in Yangju
Gung-jip
Seongyojang in Gangneung
Daeiri Gulpi-jip in Samcheok
Residence of Kim Champan in yeongdong
Residence of Yi Hang-Hui in Cheongwon
Residence of Seon Byeong-guk in Boeun
Residence of Myeongjae in Nonsan
Residence of Min Chil-sik in Buyeo
Birth House of President Yun Bo-seon
Residence of Geonjae in Asan
Residence of Yi Ha-bok in seocheon

Yeongnam Area
Original Family House of the Gyeongju Choi Clan in Dunsan-dong, Daegu
Seobaekdang in Yangdong
Residence of Sahodang in Yangdong
Residence of the Gyodong Choi Clan in Gyeongju
Residence of Bukchondaek in Hahoe
Wonji-jeongsa in Hahoe
Ancestral Shrine of the Andong Gwon Clan in Neungdong
original Family House of the Goseong Yi Tapdong Clan in Beopheung-dong
Seoseokji in Yeongyang
Chunghyodang in yeongdeok
Segyeop Kkachi-gumeong-jip in Seolmae-ri, Bonghwa
original Family House of the Yecheon Gwon Chogan Clan
Soudang in Uiseong
Tumak-jip in Nari-dong, Ulleung Island
Residence of Jeongon Seonsaeng
Residence of lldu in Hamyang
Yeondang in Mugi, Haman

Honam, Jeju Areas
Residence of Kim Dong-su in Jeongeup
Residence of Kim Sang-man in Buan
Unjoru in Gurye
Residence of Kim Dae-ja in Naganseong
Residence of Nampa in Naju
Residence of Yi Yong-uk in Boseong
Residence of Yun Du-seo in Haenam
Origianl Family house of the Yeonan Kim Clan in Yeonggwang
Birth house of Yeong-rang in Gangjin
Residence of Go Pyeong-o in Seongeup

Epilogue
Glossary

Yi Ki-ung Yi Ki-ung was born in Seongyojang, Gangneung, Korea. He began his career as a publisher in 1960. Ever since he founded Youlhwadang Publishers in 1971, Yi has actively developed art publishing in Korea. In 1988, he initiated the Paju Bookcity and became president of the Bookcity Cultural Foundation. An accomplished author himself, he has been invited to participate in the Korea Pavilion of the Leipzig Book Fair. He also serves as the president of the International Culture Cities Exchange Association and organised the traveling exhibition Scripts of the World in 2014.