Yangju Local Confucian School

A hyanggyo is a public educational institution established in the regions during the Joseon period, where memorial rites were held for Confucius, the scholar of China's Spring and Autumn period, and for various sages, and where local people were educated. A hyanggyo is made up of Daeseongjeon, the hall enshrining Confucius; Dongmu and Seomu, the halls to its east and west enshrining earlier sages; Myeongnyundang, the lecture hall where students studied; and Dongjae and Seojae, the dormitories where they lodged. There is also a Jeonsacheong, which oversees the sacrificial rites, among other buildings. Yangju Local Confucian School was built in 1401. It has been repaired on several occasions, and after burning down during the Korean War it was rebuilt in 1958. Myeongnyundang, the educational space, is placed at the front, while Daeseongjeon and the Dongmu and Seomu, the ritual space, are placed at the back, so that the space for study lies in front and the space for rites lies behind. Daeseongjeon measures three bays across the front and three bays on the side, with a matbae roof, a plain gabled roof that forms the shape of the character 人 (person) when seen from the side. Inside are enshrined the spirit tablets of Confucius and the four great sages of China, while the Dongmu and Seomu on either side of Daeseongjeon enshrine the spirit tablets of Korea's own sages. Myeongnyundang measures five bays across the front and two bays on the side, with a paljak roof, a hipped-and-gabled roof that forms the shape of the character 八 (eight) when seen from the side. The Naesammun, or inner three-bay gate, is usually a single building of three bays across the front, but at Yangju Local Confucian School it instead takes the form of an ilgakmun — a gate with no proper gatehouse, formed simply by a pair of posts, one on each side, supporting a door leaf — divided into three separate gates. The Oesammun, or outer gate, is a sotsamun, a three-bay gate in which the roof over the centre bay is raised one level higher than over the two side bays, measuring three bays across the front and two bays on the side.

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Where it is

Region

Yangju, Gyeonggi

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료