Musansa Temple, Haman

Musansa is a shrine enshrining the portrait and relics of Ju Se-bung (1495–1544), a renowned Confucian scholar of the Joseon dynasty. In 1543, the thirty-eighth year of King Jungjong, Ju Se-bung established Baegundong Seowon, the first seowon (Confucian academy) in Korea, and Musansa was built by his descendants in 1698, the twenty-fourth year of King Sukjong, in commemoration of this achievement. It was abolished during the reign of Emperor Gojong (r. 1863–1907) on the orders of Heungseon Daewongun, but was subsequently rebuilt by Confucian scholars, only to burn down during the Korean War. The present Musan Seodang was built afterwards. Musan Seodang, within the Musansa compound, is a single-storey building five bays wide and two bays deep, with a hipped-and-gabled (paljak) roof whose profile takes the shape of the character 八, meaning "eight". With a central hall of two bays flanked on either side by rooms of two bays and one bay respectively, it shows the typical spatial arrangement of a village Confucian school. The portrait of Ju Se-bung is enshrined in Gwangpunggak, and Jangpangak houses 352 printing woodblocks for the Mureung Japgo, Sugujip and Gwibongjip.

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Where it is

Region

Haman, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산