Namwonhyanggyo Local Confucian School Daeseongjeon Hall

A hyanggyo was a state-run educational institution that held memorial rites for Confucius and other sages while also educating and morally instructing the local populace. Namwonhyanggyo was founded in 1410, the tenth year of King Taejong of Joseon, on Daegoksan Mountain. In 1428, the tenth year of King Sejong, it was moved to the foot of Deogeumbong Peak, but as the road there was frequently cut off by flooding it was relocated again to its present site in 1443, the twenty-fifth year of King Sejong. It was rebuilt after being burned down during the Jeongyu War (1597); the Daeseongjeon Hall, its shrine hall, was built in 1599, the thirty-second year of King Seonjo, and repaired in 1892, the twenty-ninth year of King Gojong. It underwent several further repairs afterwards, and the building standing today was extensively repaired in 1982. It measures three bays across the front and two bays in depth, with a hipped-and-gabled roof that forms the shape of the character 八 (eight) when viewed from the side. Inside the shrine hall are enshrined the spirit tablets of Confucius and of Confucian scholars from both China and Korea. During the Joseon period it was funded by the state, which provided land, books and servants for its upkeep. Its educational role has since ended, and today memorial rites are held there in spring and autumn. Namwonhyanggyo holds a large collection of books, providing valuable material for the study of local history.

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Where it is

Region

Namwon, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산