Hamchang Local Confucian School, Sangju

A hyanggyo (local Confucian school) is an educational institution established by the state to hold memorial rites for Confucius and other sages, and to educate and morally instruct the local populace. The original site and the date of this school's first construction are unknown, but it appears to have been built in the early Joseon period, and is said to have been moved to its present site in 1417, the seventeenth year of King Taejong. The layout of the buildings follows the jeonhak-humyo arrangement, placing the educational quarters at the front and the ritual space at the rear. Passing through the outer three-bay main gate, one enters an inner courtyard containing Myeongnyundang, the lecture hall, and the Dongjae and Seojae, the east and west dormitories for students. On higher ground at the rear stands Daeseongjeon, the shrine hall where the spirit tablets of sages from China and Korea are enshrined and memorial rites are performed. During the Joseon period the school received land, servants and books from the state to support the education of its students, but today its educational function has been lost, and only its ritual function remains.

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Where it is

Region

Sangju, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산