Uiseonghyanggyo Local Confucian School

A hyanggyo is a local Confucian school founded by the state to hold memorial rites for eminent Confucian scholars and to provide Confucian education and moral guidance to local residents. Uiseonghyanggyo is said to have been built in 1394, the third year of King Taejo of Joseon, and records of repairs made in 1545, the first year of King Injong, confirm that it was constructed in the early Joseon period. The Daeseongjeon Hall and the Myeongnyundang Hall are each enclosed within their own earthen walls and face south, with the ritual space placed in front and the lecture space behind — an arrangement known as jeonmyohuhak, an unusual layout that departs from the typical convention. Daeseongjeon, the school's central building, enshrines the spirit tablets of sages of China and Korea; it is a five-bay by two-bay building with a straight gabled (majbae) roof, and dates from the mid-Joseon period. Myeongnyundang, the central building of the lecture space, is a five-bay by two-bay building with a hipped-and-gabled (paljak) roof, shaped in profile like the character 八 ("eight"), and dates from the late Joseon period. Dongjae, the students' dormitory in front of Myeongnyundang, is a four-bay by two-bay building with a straight gabled roof. Gwangpungnu, the two-storey gate pavilion, is five bays by three bays, with a gabled roof shaped in profile like the character 人 ("person"), and its upper floor is fitted with a railing. Today the school no longer serves an educational function, and memorial rites are held twice a year, in spring and autumn.

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Where it is

Region

Uiseong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산