Nongsanjeong Pavilion

This pavilion was built by Choe Chiwon (857–?), a scholar and writer of the late Silla period, and served as his retreat where he read books and played baduk during his years in seclusion. Choe Chiwon is one of the most representative Confucian scholars of Silla. He went to Tang China to study, passed the state examination, and became famous for writing the "Declaration to the Yellow Bandits" (Tohwangso Gyeongmun) when the Huang Chao Rebellion broke out in China. After returning home, he strove for political reform, but when his efforts were not accepted, he left office and spent the rest of his life in seclusion on Gayasan Mountain. The exact date of the building's construction is unknown, but it was dismantled and rebuilt in its original form in 1922, repaired in 1936, and has come down to the present day. The building measures two bays on both the front and the side, and its roof is a hip-and-gable roof (paljakjibung), shaped like the character 八 (eight) when viewed from the side.

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