Hyang Shrine

This was a place where local military officials who had failed the military service examination gathered twice a year, in spring and in autumn, to hold archery contests and feasts and to discuss various affairs. Originally built to the west of the Garakcheon Stream, the Hyang Shrine was relocated to its present site and rebuilt in 1691, the seventeenth year of King Sukjong, and named Hyangsadang (鄕射堂). Later, in 1797, the twenty-first year of King Jeongjo, the name was changed to Hyangsadang (鄕社堂). In the early Joseon period the building served as the office of the jwasu, a local administrative official, and in 1879, the sixteenth year of Emperor Gojong, it was used as the site of Sinseong Girls' School. The building was rebuilt in 1981, with its orientation changed from south-east-facing to north-east-facing. The roof is a hip-and-gable (paljak) roof, whose silhouette from the side resembles the Chinese character 八, meaning "eight".

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Where it is

Region

Jeju City, Jeju

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산