Chalbanggong Head House / 찰방공종택

The Chalbanggong Head House is a resting place in nature that is open to everyone. The house was built in 1933 as the head house of Chalbanggong Shim Dang, a 9th-generation descendant of Akeungong from Cheongsong Shim’s Family. The place was also used as a village school and is designated as local cultural heritage no. 13. The structure of the house is shaped like the Korean alphabet "ㄷ". The fact that the gate of the house is facing north is very unusual. The house is positioned next to the Songso Old House, which has 99 rooms, and is composed of Ondol rooms heated by firewood as well as a wide yard and a vegetable garden. The place provides a comfortable resting space for those who want to enjoy the atmosphere of a traditional Korean-style house that they cannot easily see in urban areas. The rooms are papered with traditional Korean paper and equipped with beddings. The house is located in a region that is so quiet you can barely hear a thing except the sound of birds and wind. There is an ancestral shrine in the head house that looks just like a warm grandma’s house.