Sanseong-ni Village in Namhansanseong (mountain fortress) was a new town planned to defend the south capital city of Joseon Dynasty through Momin policy (promotion of inhabitation) and administrative and military town where there was Haengung (the tem...
Sanseong-ni Village in Namhansanseong (mountain fortress) was a new town planned to defend the south capital city of Joseon Dynasty through Momin policy (promotion of inhabitation) and administrative and military town where there was Haengung (the temporary palace) with Jongmyo (a royal ancestral shrine) and Sajik (an altar where ritual ceremonies were performed), serving as ‘Bojangji (a place for security)’ in which the king could take a refuge and fight for a long time thanks to its geographical advantage of location near the capital city. During the Japanese colonial period, it served as a base of anti-Japanese movement, so it has historically significant value. In recent years, as the value of Namhansanseong as one of the world heritages has been acknowledged, it was selected as a preferred candidate for UNESCO World Heritage on January 11, 2010 and selected as a preferred candidate for World Heritage through an announcement by the Cultural Heritage Administration on February 8, 2011. Yet, as currently Namhansanseong Village has transformed into an amusement area for tourism, restaurants came in and the appearance of the original village has been lost. Thus, now it is the time to restore the village with a historic value.
This study dealt with Sanseongni Village in Namhansanseong and attempted to estimate the plots of Sanseong Village in the 1900s and restore its arrangement using cadastral and historical materials such as Gwangju-bu Yang-an (Prefecture Land Register) and Jijeok Wondo (Land Registration Map) and photographic documents in Joseon Gojeok Dobo (Illustrated Book of Historical Remains).
Chapter 2 looked into the establishment and background of Namhansanseong Village and the processes of historical and architectural changes through changes in population, government offices and street network and described its overall history.
Chapter 3 dealt with individual analyses of such as Gwangju-bu Yang-an, Jijeok Wondo and photographic documents in Joseon Gojeok Dobo. Roofing materials, scale and statistics of Gwangju-bu Yang-an were extracted and the status in Jijeok Wondo by land category; the locations of the plot of government offices were analyzed; the locations of the main government offices through photographic documents in Joseon Gojeok Dobo were analyzed; and the main roads and blocks of the plots were extracted to assign the details of Jijeok Wondo.
Chapter 4 carried out a comparative analysis of Gwangju-bu Yang-an and Jijeok Wondo to estimate the plots of Namhansanseong Village in the 1900s and drew roof framing plans through Gwangju-bu Yang-an, Jijeok Wondo and photographic documents by each plot. Through the above process, the restored contents and the current cadastral status were compared and analyzed to understand the changes in the plots and the roads.
Like above, this study attempted to restore the arrangement of Namhansanseong Village in the 1900s based on cadastral materials and literature data, understand the aspect of changes through a comparison with the current cadastral maps and present a future direction of its restoration.