Gyeongju Local Confucian School

A hyanggyo is a local Confucian school, a state educational institution built by the government to hold memorial rites for eminent Confucian scholars and to provide Confucian education and moral instruction to local people. This site was originally where the National Academy, first established in 682, the second year of King Sinmun of Silla, once stood. The exact date when Gyeongju Local Confucian School was first built is not known, but it is said to have been rebuilt in 1492, the twenty-third year of King Seongjong of Joseon, on the model of Seonggyungwan in Seoul. It burned down during the Japanese invasions of Korea, after which the Daeseongjeon Hall and the Jeonsacheong, a hall for preparing sacrificial rites, were rebuilt in 1600, the thirty-third year of King Seonjo. Dongmu and Seomu, the east and west shrine halls, were then built in 1604, the thirty-seventh year of King Seonjo, and Myeongnyundang, the lecture hall, together with the Dongjae and Seojae dormitories, were added in 1614, the sixth year of King Gwanghaegun, giving the school its present form. The buildings follow the typical layout of shrine at the front and school at the rear. Daeseongjeon Hall and Dongmu and Seomu house the memorial tablets of Confucius and other sages and are where memorial rites are held. Myeongnyundang and the Dongjae and Seojae dormitories are where students studied and lived. Daeseongjeon Hall has a dignified appearance, with three bays across the front and three along the side, under a gabled roof. Myeongnyundang has five bays across the front and three along the side, with double eaves and a gabled roof.

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Where it is

Region

Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산