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http://dx.doi.org/10.12654/JCS.2021.37.5.07

Estimation of the Original Location of Haechi (Haetae) Statues in Front of Gwanghwamun Gate Using Archival Photos from Early 1900s and Newly Taken Photos by Image Analysis  

Oh, Hyundok (Naju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
Nam, Ho Hyun (Wanju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
Yoo, Yeongsik (College of Liberal Arts, Dankook University)
Kim, Jung Gon (WaferMasters, Inc.)
Kang, Kitaek (WaferMasters, Inc.)
Yoo, Woo Sik (WaferMasters, Inc.)
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Journal of Conservation Science / v.37, no.5, 2021 , pp. 491-504 More about this Journal
Abstract
Gwanghwamun Gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace was dismantled and relocated during the Japanese colonial period, destroyed during the Korean War, reconstructed with reinforced concrete in 1968, and finally erected at its present location in 2010. A pair of Haechi statues located in front of Gwanghwamun was dismantled and relocated several times, and the statues have yet to be returned precisely to their original positions. This study assesses the historical accuracy of their current placement under the Gwanghwamun Square Restructuring Project of the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Cultural Heritage Administration based on archival photos from the early 1900s, and proposes a method to estimate the original positions of the Haechi through image analysis of contemporary photographs and recent digital camera photos. We estimated the original position of the Haechi before the Japanese colonial period by identifying the shooting location of the archival photo and reproducing contemporary photographs by calculating the angle and distance to the Haechi from the shooting location. The leftmost and rightmost Haechi were originally located about 9.6 m to the east and 7.4 m to the north and about 1.9 m to the west and 8.0 m to the north, respectively, of their current location indicators. As the first attempt to determine the original location of a building and its accessories using archival photos, this study launches a new scientific methodology for the restoration of cultural properties.
Keywords
Archival photography; Gwanghwamun Gate; Haechi (or Haetae: Stone Lion); Original location; Cultural heritage restoration;
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