Seosanhyanggyo Local Confucian School

A hyanggyo is a local Confucian school established by the state to hold memorial rites for Confucius and other sages, and to educate and morally instruct the local populace. Seosanhyanggyo was built outside the western gate in 1406, the sixth year of King Taejong. It was later relocated to its present site in 1574, the seventh year of King Seonjo, by the magistrate Choe Yeo-rim. The buildings within the school grounds include Daeseongjeon (the main shrine hall), Myeongnyundang (the lecture hall), Dongmu and Seomu (the east and west shrine buildings), the east and west dormitories (Dongjae and Seojae), and an inner and an outer three-bay gate. Daeseongjeon, the hall where memorial rites are held, is three bays wide and three bays deep. Its roof is a hipped-and-gabled roof, shaped like the Chinese character for "eight" (八) when seen from the side. Inside are enshrined the spirit tablets of twenty-five sages, including Confucius, seven Chinese Confucian scholars and eighteen Korean sages. Myeongnyundang, the hall used for study, is eight bays wide and two bays deep. In the courtyard in front of it stands a ginkgo tree about 500 years old, said to have been planted during the reign of King Jeong Jong of Joseon.

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Where it is

Region

Seosan, Chungnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물