Ojukheon

Ojukheon
Ojukheon, 2015
Korean name
Hangul
오죽헌
Hanja
烏竹軒
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Ojukheon (Korean: 오죽헌; Hanja: 烏竹軒) in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, South Korea is where Shin Saimdang, a prominent artist, and her son Yi I, one of the most important Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, were born. It was designated as treasure in 1963 because it is one of the oldest buildings in Korea.

It was named Ojukheon because black bamboo (ojuk) surrounds the house (heon). It appears as the background of the South Korean 5000 won note.

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