Hyeonpung Local Confucian School Daeseongjeon Hall

A hyanggyo is an educational institution established by the state to hold memorial rites for Confucius and other sages, and to educate and edify the local people. The year Hyeonpung Hyanggyo was first built is not known, but after it burned down during the Imjin War it was rebuilt at the old site in Gyo-dong, and was later moved to its present location during the reign of King Yeongjo (r. 1724-1776). Daeseongjeon Hall appears to have been built around 1750, the twenty-sixth year of King Yeongjo. The buildings that survive today are Daeseongjeon Hall, the Dongmu and Seomu (the east and west shrine halls), Myeongnyundang Hall, and the Dongjae and Seojae study halls. Daeseongjeon Hall enshrines the spirit tablets of Confucius and of Confucian scholars of China and Korea, and is where memorial rites are held. It measures three bays across the front and three bays along the side, with a gable roof that, seen from the side, takes the shape of the character for 'person'. The bracket sets decorating and supporting the roof eaves are in the style with brackets placed only above the columns. During the Joseon dynasty the state provided land, slaves and books to support the teaching of students there, but today the educational function has ceased and only the memorial-rite function remains.

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Where it is

Region

Dalseong, Daegu

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료