Anuihyanggyo 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 people. Anuihyanggyo was founded in 1473, the fourth year of King Seongjong of Joseon, by the local magistrate Choe Yeong. It burned down during the second Japanese invasion of 1597 (the Jeongyu War) and was rebuilt in 1736, the twelfth year of King Yeongjo, with several repairs since. The surviving buildings include Jaecheollu Gate, the entrance gate; Myeongnyundang Hall, where lessons were held; Hoewujae and Chulsukjae, the students' dormitories; and Daeseongjeon Shrine, where memorial rites are held. The buildings are arranged with Myeongnyundang Hall at the front and Daeseongjeon Shrine at the rear, a "hall in front, shrine behind" layout that departs from the more usual "shrine in front, hall behind" arrangement typical of hyanggyo built on flat land. It appears that the platform and steps of Daeseongjeon were built unusually high to compensate for this departure. During the Joseon dynasty the school received land, books and servants from the state and used them to teach students, but since the Gabo Reform of 1894 it has held only memorial rites. Compared with other hyanggyo, it preserves an unusually large number of books, which provide valuable material for the study of local history in this region.

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Where it is

Region

Hamyang, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산