Sinan Sajae of Docheonseowon Confucian Academy, Sancheong

This is the birthplace of Mun Ik-jeom (1329–1398), and a shrine built by the state to honour his achievements. He was a civil official of Goryeo, renowned for having been the first to bring cotton to Korea. The academy (seowon) was established in 1461, the seventh year of King Sejo of Joseon, and received the name plaque "Docheonseowon" in 1787, the eleventh year of King Jeongjo. It was demolished in 1871, the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Gojong, under the order of Heungseon Daewongun abolishing seowon academies, but was restored as an academy in 1975, when the shrine, Samusa, was rebuilt. The Sinan Sajae within the academy was originally built in 1551, the sixth year of King Myeongjong of Joseon; the present building was reconstructed in 1804, the fourth year of King Sunjo. The overall layout of the academy follows the "study hall in front, shrine behind" arrangement: the lecture hall, where study took place, and the Dongjae and Seojae, the east and west dormitories for the Confucian students, stand at the front, while the Samusa, where ancestral rites are held, stands at the rear. There are also the Naesammun and Oesammun, the inner and outer triple gates that serve as entrances, and the Sinan Sajae, which was used as lodging for officials during the rites. The Sinan Sajae is a building four kan (bays) wide across the front and two kan deep, with a hipped-and-gabled roof whose profile, seen from the side, takes the shape of the character 八. A broad wooden floor occupies one kan at each end of the building.

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Where it is

Region

Sancheong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산