Muan Local Confucian School

A local Confucian school is an educational institution built by the state to hold memorial rites for eminent Confucian scholars and to provide Confucian education and moral guidance to local people. It was built in 1394, the third year of King Taejo, on Gongsusan Mountain (present-day Namsan Mountain) south of Muan's town wall, but as tigers frequently appeared there, it was moved to its present site in 1470, the first year of King Seongjong. It was damaged during the Japanese invasions of 1592 and repaired in 1689, the fifteenth year of King Sukjong, with a number of further repairs carried out afterwards. The present buildings were built up gradually from the late Joseon period onward, and include the Daeseongjeon shrine hall, the Myeongnyundang lecture hall, the east and west dormitories, and the inner three-gated gate. Situated on sloping ground, the school follows the "hall in front, shrine behind" layout, with a space for learning centred on the Myeongnyundang at the front and a ritual space centred on the Daeseongjeon at the rear. During the Joseon period the school received land, servants and books from the state in order to teach students, but after the Gabo Reform of 1894 its educational function ceased, and only the spring and autumn memorial rites continue to be held.

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Where it is

Region

Muan, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산