Gimje Local Confucian School Daeseongjeon Hall

A hyanggyo was a state-run educational institution that held memorial rites for Confucius and other sages and was responsible for the education and moral instruction of the local populace. Gimje Local Confucian School was built in 1404, the fourth year of King Taejong of Joseon, and after it burned down in the Jeongyu War of 1597 (the second Japanese invasion of Korea), it was rebuilt in 1635, the thirteenth year of King Injo, with several repairs carried out since. It measures three bays across the front and two bays to the side, and its roof is a gabled roof that forms the shape of the character 人 when seen from the side. At the front there is an open bay (toekan) with open front and sides, as commonly seen in shrine architecture, while doors were installed on the side facing the main body of the hall. Two door panels are set in the middle of the central bay, with wood-panelled walls fitted between the flanking columns. Each of the end bays has a single door panel, with wood-panelled walls also fitted in the space beside them, giving the front a distinctive appearance. In particular, at the columns at both ends, curved A-frame-shaped braces are fixed partway up the columns on the side of the building, a form identical to that of the Daeseongjeon Hall of Jangsu Local Confucian School (Treasure No. 272). The bracket sets that support and decorate the roof eaves sit only above the columns, in the jusimpo style. During the Joseon period it was run on land, enslaved labourers and books granted by the state; today its educational function has ceased and only its function of holding memorial rites remains.

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Where it is

Region

Gimje, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산