Daeheunghyanggyo Local Confucian School

A hyanggyo is an educational institution established by the state to hold memorial rites for Confucius and other sages and to educate and edify the local populace. Daeheunghyanggyo is said to have first been built in 1405, the fifth year of King Taejong of Joseon. The building layout follows the arrangement of study hall to the front and shrine to the rear, with Myeongnyundang Hall, the education space, at the front, and Daeseongjeon Hall, the ritual space, at the rear. Daeseongjeon Hall measures three kan across the front and three kan to the side, with a matbae, or gabled, roof that, seen from the side, forms the shape of the character 人. The bracket work supporting the eaves is finished in the ikgong style, carved in the form of a bird's wings. Inside, spirit tablets of Confucius and of sages from China and Korea are enshrined. Myeongnyundang Hall, the lecture hall where students gathered to study, measures three kan across the front and one kan to the side, and also has a matbae roof. Other buildings on the site include Dongmu and Seomu. During the Joseon dynasty, the school received land, enslaved labourers and books from the state to support the education of students, but today it has lost its educational function and retains only its ritual role.

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Where it is

Region

Yesan, Chungnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물