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Ojukheon House (강릉 오죽헌)

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Gangwon

Ojukheon House (강릉 오죽헌)

Ojukheon House is a curated attraction in Korea — full details, hours, and access info on the official Korea Tourism page.

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Why go

Ojukheon is a 16th-century scholar-aristocrat residence in Gangneung, Gangwon, best known as the birthplace of two of the most revered figures of Joseon Korea: Yi I (Yulgok), the great Neo-Confucian philosopher, and his mother Shin Saimdang, painter and Confucian model woman whose face appears today on the 50,000-won note. The compound combines several preserved buildings — the original birth chamber, an ancestral shrine, a memorial hall — with a still-active black-bamboo ("ojuk") grove that gives the site its name. A small museum traces the family's intellectual legacy. Allow ninety minutes. Free entry. Pair with Gangneung Coffee Street and Gyeongpo Beach.

Quick highlights

  • 16th-century birthplace of philosopher Yi I and Shin Saimdang
  • Both figures appear on Korean banknotes today
  • Black-bamboo grove (ojuk) that names the site
  • Preserved birth chamber, shrine, memorial hall
  • Pair with Gangneung Coffee Street and Gyeongpo Beach

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