Uiryeong Local Confucian School

A hyanggyo is a local educational institution established by the state to hold memorial rites for eminent Confucian scholars and to provide Confucian education and moral instruction to local residents. It is not known exactly when Uiryeong Hyanggyo was first built, but it is said that it originally stood in Dong-dong, Uiryeong-eup, and was moved to its present site in 1582, the 15th year of King Seonjo of Joseon, by the county magistrate Yi Ham. It has since undergone repairs on several occasions. The buildings stand on a steep slope and are connected to one another by several flights of steep stairs. The layout follows the front-hall, rear-shrine (jeonhak-humyo) arrangement, with Myeongnyundang, the hall for study, and the East and West Dormitories at the front, and Daeseongjeon, the shrine, at the rear. One unusual feature is that, although there is space on either side of Daeseongjeon where the Dongmu and Seomu, the east and west shrine buildings, could have been built, none were erected there. During the Joseon period the hyanggyo received land, books and slaves from the state and used them to educate students, but today it serves only for the holding of memorial rites.

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Where it is

Region

Uiryeong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산