Cheongcheon Village School

Cheongcheon Village School was built in 1729, the fifth year of King Yeongjo of Joseon, as a hall for holding memorial rites for Kim U-ong, better known by his pen name Donggang. It was first established as Cheongcheon Seowon, a Confucian academy that, together with Hoeyeon Seowon, served as one of the central academies of the Seongju region, but it was demolished when the regent Heungseon Daewongun ordered the abolition of Confucian academies nationwide. It was later rebuilt and renamed Cheongcheon Village School by Kim Ho-rim, a twelfth-generation descendant of Donggang. In 1910, Kim Chang-suk (pen name Simsan) renamed it Seongmyeong School and used it as a school for the patriotic enlightenment movement; it was also a place where Kim Chang-suk once resided. The building has a frontage of five bays and a depth of one and a half bays, with a hip-and-gable roof that, seen from the side, forms the shape of the Chinese character for "eight" (八).

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Where it is

Region

Seongju, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산