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숭례문 육축·성벽 석재 보존처리, 2013년 복원 뒤 처음…9월 말 착공 예정

Sungnyemun's Stone Base and Walls to Get Their First Conservation Treatment Since the 2013 Restoration

국보 숭례문의 육축과 주변 성벽 석재에 대한 보존처리 공사가 9월 말쯤 시작됩니다. 2008년 화재 뒤 2013년에 복원을 마친 이후, 성벽 석재를 보존처리하는 공사는 이번이 처음입니다. 2025년 모니터링에서 남쪽 면 아래쪽 석재의 박리·박락이 확대된 것이 확인됐고, 이어진 현장 점검에서는 균열과 흑·백색 오염 등 추가 훼손도 드러났습니다. 공사는 약 75일 동안 진행되며, 석재를 건식과 습식으로 세척하고 균열과 박리 부위의 틈새를 수지로 채우는 작업이 중심입니다. 물성이 약해진 원석재에는 암석 강화처리를 하고, 검게 변한 오염 부위에는 레이저클리닝을 적용합니다. 관리소는 주변에 차량 통행이 많아 매연이 석재 표면에 쌓이면서 검게 보이는 현상이 나타날 수 있다고 설명했습니다.

Translation

Conservation work on the stone base and surrounding walls of 숭례문, a national treasure, is set to begin around the end of September. Since the restoration that followed the 2008 fire was completed in 2013, this is the first conservation treatment of the wall stones. Monitoring in 2025 found that flaking and spalling had spread on the lower stones of the south face, and a site inspection that followed also revealed further damage such as cracks and black and white staining. The work will run for about 75 days, centred on washing the stones by dry and wet methods and filling the gaps in cracked and flaking areas with resin. Weakened original stone will be given a strengthening treatment, and blackened areas will be laser-cleaned. The management office explained that because traffic around the gate is heavy, soot can build up on the stone surface and make it look black.

Vocabulary

  • 보존처리명사 (noun)conservation treatment
  • 육축명사 (noun)the stone base a gatehouse stands on
  • 석재명사 (noun)stone material, stonework
  • 박리·박락명사 (noun)flaking and spalling (of a stone surface)
  • 균열명사 (noun)crack, fissure
  • 훼손명사 (noun)damage, deterioration
  • 수지명사 (noun)resin
  • 매연명사 (noun)soot, exhaust smoke

Grammar points

N 이후since N, after N

이후 follows a noun or a clause ending in -(으)ㄴ and means from that point onward. 복원을 마친 이후 is since the restoration was completed. It is a formal, written-register word; in speech people more often say 뒤 or 후. The sentence then says what has happened, or not happened, in the whole period since, which is why 이후 pairs naturally with 처음 (first) and 계속 (continuously).

Example: 2008년 화재 뒤 2013년에 복원을 마친 이후, 성벽 석재를 보존처리하는 공사는 이번이 처음입니다.

Since the restoration after the 2008 fire was completed in 2013, this is the first conservation treatment of the wall stones.

-(으)며and, while (joining clauses in formal writing)

-(으)며 links two clauses the way -고 does, but it belongs to the written, formal register of news and reports. It can mean simply and, or it can mean while, when the two actions happen at the same time. 공사는 약 75일 동안 진행되며 ... 작업이 중심입니다 lists two facts about the same work in one sentence. In conversation, -고 would replace it.

Example: 공사는 약 75일 동안 진행되며, 석재를 건식과 습식으로 세척하고 균열과 박리 부위의 틈새를 수지로 채우는 작업이 중심입니다.

The work will run for about 75 days, and its core is washing the stones by dry and wet methods and filling the gaps in cracked and flaking areas with resin.

-다고 설명하다to explain that ...

-다고 turns a statement into reported speech, and the verb after it tells you how it was said: 말하다 (say), 밝히다 (state), 설명하다 (explain). The quoted clause keeps its own tense and its plain ending, so -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 becomes -(으)ㄹ 수 있다고 before 설명했습니다. News writing relies on this pattern to attribute a claim to an office or a spokesperson rather than asserting it directly.

Example: 관리소는 주변에 차량 통행이 많아 매연이 석재 표면에 쌓이면서 검게 보이는 현상이 나타날 수 있다고 설명했습니다.

The management office explained that because traffic around the gate is heavy, soot can build up on the stone surface and make it look black.

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