| Title |
A Study on an Alternative Idea of ‘Opinion of Roof Style & Structure Changes of Sung-Rye-Mun’ Following the first Construction in Cho-Sun Dynasty |
| Keywords |
Sung-Nye Mun(Great South-gate of Seoul Castle) ; Woo-Jin-Gak-Ji-Bung(Hipped-Roof) ; Pal-Jak-Ji-Bung(Hipped-gable Roof) ; Chu-Nyeo(Protruding Corners on the End of Korean Eaves) ; Sa-Rae(Square Rafters Along the Outer-end of Eaves) ; King-post |
| Abstract |
Regarding Sung-Nye Mun, an opinion has been put forward that the roof style and shape have been changed following the first construction in Cho-Sun Dynasty. This is a treatise examining that opinion. This opinion was stated in the report of the survey which was conducted at the time of dismantlement in 1962. At that time, the investigators surveyed the pieces of the building. And then, they announced that Sung-Nye-Mun had been changed from hipped-gable roof to hipped-roof. The bases of their opinion were as follows:-Firstly, there were several kinds of protruding corners on the end of Korean eaves and several kinds of square rafters along the outer-end of eaves. Secondly, a few features were adapted to the hipped-gable roof in the wooden structure and construction methods. Thirdly, when Sung-Nye-Mun was constructed in the early Cho-Sun Dynasty, other similar buildings also had hipped-gable roofs. Fourthly, the purlin was found shortened and changed from its original length and location. Originally, there were records regarding the date of building completion of that purlin. As a result of examining these bases, it seems more reasonable to say that the roof of Sung-Nye-Mun was changed from steep slope to gentle slope without changing the roof type, hipped-roof (Woo-Jin-Gak-Ji-Bung), not to say that it was totally changed from the hipped-gable roof (Pal-Jak-Ji-Bung) to the hipped-roof (Woo-Jin-Gak-Ji-Bung). |