| Title |
A Study on the Origin and Development of the Usage of Pyeongbangs |
| Authors |
Lee Woo-Jong ; Jeon Bong-Hee |
| Keywords |
Dapo Type Architecture ; Bracket Units ; Bracket Arrangement ; Interval Bracket Units ; Pyeongpangs |
| Abstract |
There are three purposes of this study; first, to clarify the origin of pyeongbangs(平枋); second, find out the period that they were first united with interval bracket units, hence formed the extant dapo type(多包係) architectural technique; third, to make it clear whether the usage of pyeongbangs were subordinated to dapo type after the combination of pyeongbangs and interval bracket units. The origin and usage of pyeongbangs were not so strongly combined with dapo type architecture as commonly believed. Some parts similar to pyeongbangs were found out at relics from East Han(東漢, 後漢) period of China. They were used in platforms in multistory halls or placed under the brackets. In the period of Three Korean Kingdoms(三國時代), pyeongbangs were utilized for both structural and design factor, but they were not always used with interval bracket units. The extant dapo type with pyeongbangs has been formed and spreaded during 9th and 10th century, in late Tang(唐) and early Northern Song(北宋) period in China and late Silla(新羅) and early Goryeo(高麗) period. In Northen Chinese architecture inherited high class architecture of Tang, the forming process of dapo type seems to have been carried out in platforms of multistory halls first and in bracket arrangements under eaves next. Even in the prosperous times of the extant dapo type, however, the roles of pyeongbangs, either as structural parts or as architectural design factors, were not solidly fixed in the type, and peongbangs were still used in another types of architecture. |