Daeseongjeon Shrine and Myeongnyundang Lecture Hall of Seongjuhyanggyo Local Confucian School

Seongjuhyanggyo Local Confucian School follows the "shrine-behind, school-to-the-side" layout in which, viewed from the front, Myeongnyundang Lecture Hall stands to the left and Daeseongjeon Shrine to the right. Daeseongjeon is built in the dapo (multi-cluster bracket) style, an arrangement rarely found among Korea's local Confucian schools apart from the Munmyo Shrine and the Daeseongjeon of Iksanhyanggyo, and it preserves well the construction techniques of the mid-Joseon period. Of particular note is that, although a dapo building, it has no ceiling installed, and that its interior is treated very simply in keeping with Confucian architecture despite the dapo style. Myeongnyundang has a typical "central hall with side chambers" plan, with a recessed front bay and a wooden floor laid in the centre. The space above the ondol-heated rooms appears to have been fitted with a loft used for storage, and old-style features remain in the arrangement of its windows and doors. Traces of a door frame remain on the side of the ondol room on the left, and the roof is finished in the gable (matbae) style. Daeseongjeon is a dapo-style building whose construction date in the early 17th century is clearly established, and it preserves well the architectural appearance of that time; Myeongnyundang, too, has sufficient historical, artistic and academic value in its floor plan and window-and-door technique.

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Seongju, Gyeongbuk

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