Goseonghyanggyo Local Confucian School

A hyanggyo is a local Confucian school built by the state to hold memorial rites for eminent Confucian scholars and to provide Confucian education and moral instruction to local people. The date this school was first founded is unknown, but in 1726, the second year of King Yeongjo of Joseon, it was moved here from Tongyeong-bu and has since been repaired several times. The buildings follow the typical hyanggyo arrangement of lecture hall in front and shrine behind: Myeongnyundang, the lecture hall, together with the east and west dormitories for students, stands at the front, while Daeseongjeon, the shrine enshrining the Confucian sages, together with its east and west annex halls, stands behind. Punghwaru, which served as both entrance gate and resting place, together with Myeongnyundang, Naesammun (the inner gate leading to the shrine) and Daeseongjeon, all stand in a single straight line. However, the east and west dormitories flanking Myeongnyundang are arranged asymmetrically rather than symmetrically, which departs from the typical hyanggyo layout. During the Joseon period the school received farmland, servants and books from the state to support the education of its students, but today only the memorial rites are held.

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Where it is

Region

Goseong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산