Taein Hyanggyomanhwaru Pavilion

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 residents. Taein Hyanggyo, built in 1421, the third year of King Sejong, was moved to its present location in 1510, the fifth year of King Jungjong, and was rebuilt after it burned down during the Japanese invasions of 1592, the twenty-fifth year of King Seonjo. The exact date of construction of Taein Hyanggyo's Manhwaru Pavilion is not known. The name "Manhwaru" is said to derive from the phrase "Confucius's way brings forth the transformation and generation of all things," and the signboard was written by Jo Hang-jin in 1794, the eighteenth year of King Jeongjo of Joseon. The building has four bays across the front and two bays on the side, with a hip-and-gable roof whose sides form the shape of the character 八 (eight). Particularly unusual, and rarely seen in other buildings, is that the centre of the stone platform is cut away to install a broad staircase, and that the front is divided into an even number of bays, with the entrance split into two separate doors.

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Where it is

Region

Jeongeup, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산