Sacheon 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. This school was founded in 1421, the third year of King Sejong of Joseon, as a place to study Confucianism. In 1440, the 22nd year of King Sejong, new buildings were erected — Chiseongjae, the residence of the school's officials, the east and west dormitories for students, Myeongnyundang, the lecture hall, and Punghwaru, a resting pavilion — and the school's name was changed to Suhagwon Haksa Seojae. In 1664, the 5th year of King Hyeonjong, An Hye-won built Daeseongjeon, the shrine enshrining the Confucian sages, to promote Confucian learning, and only then did the school take on the combined function of education and memorial rites that defines a hyanggyo. The school has been repaired many times. Today the east dormitory has been removed and Punghwaru closed off, and visitors enter through Oesammun, the outer gate. The layout follows the typical hyanggyo arrangement, with Myeongnyundang, the lecture hall, at the front and Daeseongjeon, the shrine, behind. During the Joseon period the school received land, books and servants from the state to support the education of its students, but since the Gabo Reform of 1894 only the memorial rites have been held.

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Where it is

Region

Sacheon, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산