This historical review was made on the family relationships in the Cho-Sun Dynasty in relation to the traditional housing characteristics by literature and field survey of the housing remains.
Analysis were made under the following subtitles.
1. Mut...
This historical review was made on the family relationships in the Cho-Sun Dynasty in relation to the traditional housing characteristics by literature and field survey of the housing remains.
Analysis were made under the following subtitles.
1. Mutual effects between structure of family relationships and housing characteristics.
1) status of woman
2) husband-wife relationships
3) parents-children relationships
4) mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships, and father-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships
5) family communication and decision-making patterns
2. Characteristics of traditional Korean housing.
1) arrangement of plan
2) structural patterns
3) functional evaluation
It was found that housing characteristics of Cho-Sun Dynasty was deeply influenced by the Confucianism of distinction between sexes and the elder dominance. In this report, the focus was made deeply on the mutual effects between human and physical structure than the first one which had been reported on the same Journal, 1982.
By the field survey more affluent evidences were complemented about the rising effects that housing characteristics accelerated gradually the society to implement the extremely strict Confucianism morals in the later days.