Yesanhyanggyo Local Confucian School

A hyanggyo is a local educational institution established by the state to hold memorial rites for Confucius and other sages and to educate and morally instruct local people. Yesanhyanggyo is said to have been first built in 1413, the 13th year of King Taejong of Joseon. It underwent major repairs in 1809, the ninth year of King Sunjo, and the east and west dormitories were repaired in 1975 and 1976. The buildings that survive today are the Daeseongjeon shrine hall, the Myeongnyundang lecture hall, and the east and west dormitories. The Daeseongjeon, the space for the memorial rites, is three bays wide and three bays deep, with a gabled roof that forms the shape of the character 人 when viewed from the side. The bracket sets supporting the eaves are decorated in the ikgong style, shaped like a bird's wing. Inside are enshrined the spirit tablets of Confucius and other sages of China and Korea. The Myeongnyundang, the lecture hall where students gathered to study, is likewise three bays wide and three bays deep, with a gabled roof. During the Joseon period the school received land, servants and books from the state to teach students, but today its educational function has ceased and only the memorial rites continue.

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Where it is

Region

Yesan, Chungnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물