Nampohyanggyo Local Confucian School

Hyanggyo were local Confucian schools established in every county during the Joseon dynasty for regional education and for the rites honouring Confucius at the Munmyo shrine; instructors called hundo were dispatched from the central government to oversee secondary education in the provinces. Nampohyanggyo was first built in 1413, the 13th year of King Taejong of Joseon, in Daecheon-ri, Ungcheon-eup, and was later moved to the Nampo area; after several further relocations it was finally moved to its present site in 1843, the 9th year of King Heonjong. The layout of the hyanggyo buildings follows the typical arrangement for such schools, known as jeonhak-humyo, in which the lecture hall stands in front and the shrine behind, comprising the Daeseongjeon shrine hall, the Myeongnyundang lecture hall, and a west dormitory. This hyanggyo has no east dormitory, only a west dormitory, which served both as a space for study and, doubling as a gojiksa or caretaker's quarters, for the administrative management of the school.

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Where it is

Region

Boryeong, Chungnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물