The Gyeongju Seokbinggo is a seokbinggo or ice house located in the neighborhood of Inwang-dong, Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It literally means "stone ice storage" in Korean.[1]
| Gyeongju Seokbinggo | |
 The entrance of Gyeongju Seokbinggo | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 경주석빙고 |
| Hanja | 慶州石氷庫 |
| Revised Romanization | Gyeongju Seokbinggo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kyongju Sokpinggo |
Gyeongju Seokbinggo was originally built as a wooden storage in the Wolseong Fortress by the buyun (부윤, county magistrate) Jo Myeong-gyeom (조명겸) in 1738, the 14th year of King Yeongjo's reign during the Joseon Dynasty. It was moved to the current place four years later, which can be verified by the keystone scripts on the entrance and the monument standing next to the storage. The old seokbinggo site still remains about 100m west from the current one.[2][3][4][5]
The Gyeongju Seokbinggo has been designated as the 66th Treasure of South Korea in 1963 and is managed by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Gyeongju.[1]
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See also edit
- Tourism in Gyeongju
- Architecture of Korea
- Yakhchal, an ancient Persian refrigerator
References edit
- ^ a b (in Korean) Gyeongju seokbinggo at Doosan Encyclopedia
- ^ Gyeongju Seokbinggo (Stone ice storage in Gyeongju) Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Gyeongju U-tourism Organization
- ^ Scientific Invention Archived 2008-12-26 at the Wayback Machine The Overseas Koreans Foundation
- ^ (in Korean) Gyeongju seokbinggo Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine at Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
- ^ Downtown Gyeongju Vicinity Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine Kyeongbuk Tourism Development Corporation
External links edit
- Gyeongju Seokbinggo (Stone ice storage in Gyeongju) at Gyeongju U-tourism Organization