Ungokseowon Confucian Academy, Eumseong

In 1602, the 35th year of King Seonjo, Jeong Gu, magistrate of Chungju, enshrined Zhu Xi at the existing Baegun Seodang, a private village school, and renamed it Baegun Seowon. In 1661, the second year of King Hyeonjong, Jeong Gu himself was also enshrined there, and the academy was renamed Ungokseowon. In 1676, the second year of King Sukjong, it received a name plaque from the royal court and became a saaek seowon, an academy formally sanctioned by the king. In 1871, the eighth year of Emperor Gojong, it was torn down under Heungseon Daewongun's decree abolishing Confucian academies. The academy was rebuilt in 1894, the 31st year of Emperor Gojong, and the following year the old portrait was brought back and enshrined there. The academy is divided into an educational area and a ritual area; of the educational area at the front, only the foundation stones now survive. In the ritual area behind it stands a shrine bearing a plaque reading "Ungokseowon." The shrine measures three bays across the front and two bays in depth, with a gable roof that, seen from the side, takes the shape of the character 人 (person). Although modest in scale, its simple, unadorned architectural style illustrates a characteristic feature of seowon (Confucian academy) architecture.

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Region

Eumseong, Chungbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료