Jecheon Local Confucian School

A hyanggyo is a local 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. Jecheon Local Confucian School was built in 1389, the first year of King Gongyang of Goryeo; it originally stood west of Masan but was moved to its present site in 1590, the 23rd year of King Seonjo, though it fell into decline as a result of the Japanese invasions. Later, in 1907, the first year of Emperor Sunjong's Yunghui era, the Daeseongjeon and Myeongnyundang were destroyed by fire, and the Daeseongjeon was rebuilt in 1922. The buildings that survive today include the Daeseongjeon, Myeongnyundang, and the eastern and western dormitories (dongjae and seojae), along with several auxiliary structures. The Daeseongjeon enshrines the memorial tablets of Confucius and other sages and is the site of memorial rites, forming the core of the school's ritual space. The Myeongnyundang, where students studied, forms the space of learning, with the dongjae and seojae dormitories, where students lived, standing before it. During the Joseon period the school received land, servants and books from the state to educate its students, but after the Gabo Reform of 1894 its educational function ceased, and it now holds only memorial rites, twice a year in spring and autumn.

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Where it is

Region

Jecheon, Chungbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산