Yonggangseowon Confucian Academy

Yonggangseowon was founded in 1716, the 42nd year of King Sukjong (r. 1674–1720), and developed into the leading seowon (Confucian academy) in the Geumsan region, carrying on the teaching activities of Song Si-yeol (pen name Uam), Song Jun-gil (pen name Dongchun), Yu Gye (pen name Sinam), Kim Won-haeng (pen name Miho) and Song Myeong-heum (pen name Yeokcheon). It was later closed in 1871, the eighth year of Emperor Gojong, under the order of Heungseon Daewongun to abolish seowon academies, but local Confucian scholars gathered the dismantled timber and rebuilt the lecture hall. The surviving building is a five-bay lecture hall, with a wooden floor in the centre flanked by narrow rooms on either side. Although it was closed during the Joseon period on the pretext of preventing the further expansion of seowon academies, it was restored after Liberation through the devotion of local Confucian scholars, and it remains the only seowon surviving in the Geumsan region.

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Region

Geumsan, Chungnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료