Daeseongjeon Hall of Yeonilhyanggyo Local Confucian School

A hyanggyo was a national educational institution established in the provinces, combining the function of holding memorial rites for Confucius and other sages with that of educating students. Yeonilhyanggyo is said to have been first built in 1398, the seventh year of King Taejo, though no records of its early history survive. It burned down completely during the Imjin War, Japan's invasion of Korea (1592–1598), and was rebuilt at Seongjwa-dong, Daesong-myeon, during the reign of King Sukjong, before being moved to its present site in 1871, the eighth year of Emperor Gojong. The school is laid out with Myeongnyundang, the lecture hall used for education, at the front, and Daeseongjeon Hall, the hall for memorial rites, behind it. Daeseongjeon Hall enshrines twenty-five sages of China and Korea and is a building of three kan (bays) across the front and two kan deep. The roof is a gabled roof (matbae) forming the shape of the Chinese character 人 when viewed from the side, and the bracket sets supporting the eaves are in the jusimpo style, found only above the columns. During the Joseon dynasty the state provided land, slaves and books to support the teaching of students here, but today the educational function has disappeared and only the memorial-rite function remains. The building has a plain, dignified character and well reflects the architectural style of the late Joseon period.

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Pohang, Gyeongbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료