Chuncheon Local Confucian School

A hyanggyo is an educational institution built by the state to hold memorial rites for eminent Confucian scholars and to provide Confucian education and moral instruction to the local populace. The date this school was first built is not recorded; its buildings were burned down during the Imjin War (the Japanese invasions of Korea) and rebuilt in 1594, the twenty-seventh year of King Seonjo. The school was repaired several times afterwards, and after being burned down again during the Korean War, was restored in 1960. The buildings that remain today are the Daeseongjeon (shrine hall), Myeongnyundang (lecture hall), Jangsuru (pavilion), Dongjae and Seojae (east and west dormitories), Dongmu and Seomu (east and west halls), and the inner three-gate (naesammun). The Daeseongjeon is a shrine housing the spirit tablets of Confucius and other Confucian scholars of China and Korea. The Myeongnyundang is the lecture hall where students gathered to study, and it also served as a source of moral instruction. During the Joseon period, the school was supported by land, books and slaves granted by the state. After the Gabo Reform of 1894, its educational function ceased, and today only its function of holding memorial rites remains. The school holds books of great value for research into local history, including the Suchunhyangyak, the Hyangjungjwamok and the Hyangan.

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Where it is

Region

Chuncheon, Gangwon

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산