Jeonjuhyanggyo Local Confucian School

Hyanggyo were educational institutions established in the provinces for Confucian education and the cultivation of talent. This hyanggyo is said to have been founded during the Goryeo dynasty, though no precise record survives. At the time it stood near Gyeonggijeon Shrine (a historic site), which enshrines a portrait of King Taejo of Joseon, but because of the noise coming from the school it was moved to the foot of Hwanghwadae, west of Jeonju fortress. Its present location dates from after the Japanese invasions of 1592–1598, when the provincial governor Jang Man moved it here. The school today comprises several buildings, including Daeseongjeon (a Jeollabuk-do Tangible Cultural Heritage), which enshrines the spirit tablets of various eminent sages, along with Dongmu and Seomu, Gyeseongsa Shrine, and Myeongnyundang, the hall where students were once taught. Daeseongjeon was rebuilt in 1653, the fourth year of King Hyojong, an event recorded by Yi Gi-bal in a reconstruction memorial, and was renovated again in 1907 by magistrate Yi Jung-ik. It measures three bays across the front and two bays along the side. Myeongnyundang was renovated in 1904 by magistrate Gwon Jik-sang, and measures five bays across the front and three bays along the side. This site, where visitors can view a traditional Korean educational facility, ceased its teaching function after the new school system introduced following the Gabo Reforms. However, memorial rites for Confucius are still held here every spring and autumn, and incense is burned on the first and fifteenth days of each lunar month.

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Where it is

Region

Jeonju, Jeonbuk

Designation

Historic Site · 사적