Naganhyanggyo 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 local people. Naganhyanggyo, thought to have been built in the early Joseon period, was moved from Yongam-dong to its present site in 1658, the ninth year of King Hyojong, and has since been repaired on several occasions. The surviving buildings include Daeseongjeon Hall, Myeongnyundang Hall, the Dongmu and Seomu (the east and west shrine buildings), the east and west dormitories, and the inner three-bay gate. The inner gate marks the boundary between the space for study and the space for ritual: in the lower ground at the front stand the outer gate and Myeongnyundang Hall, while in the higher ground at the rear stand Daeseongjeon Hall together with the Dongmu and Seomu, following the layout of study quarters in front and shrine in the rear. 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 came to an end, and today it holds only two memorial rites a year, in spring and autumn.

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Where it is

Region

Suncheon, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산