Hwasun Hyanggyomanhwaru Pavilion

A hyanggyo is a state-established educational institution where rites were held for Confucius and other sages, and where local people were educated and morally instructed. Hwasun Hyanggyo is a typical example of such architecture, said to have been first built in 1433, the fifteenth year of King Sejong, but later destroyed by fire. Only the Daeseongjeon Hall was rebuilt, in 1611, the third year of King Gwanghaegun, and the Manhwaru Pavilion appears to have been built in 1647, the twenty-fifth year of King Injo. The buildings that survive today include the Daeseongjeon Hall, the Myeongnyundang Hall, the Manhwaru Pavilion, the east and west dormitories, and the outer three-bay gate. Standing outside the outer three-bay gate, the Manhwaru Pavilion of Hwasun Hyanggyo is a two-storey pavilion three bays wide and two bays deep. The roof is a hipped-and-gabled (paljak) roof, shaped like the Chinese character for "eight" when seen from the side. The second floor stands rather high, at about 1.7 m above ground, and both floors are open on all sides without walls, with a railing fitted around the second floor. The Manhwaru served in summer as a place for Confucian students to study or for local examinations to be held, and it is the only hyanggyo pavilion in Jeolla-do. In Joseon-dynasty hyanggyo, the state provided land, bonded servants and books to support the teaching of students, but today the educational function has disappeared and only the function of holding rites remains.

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Where it is

Region

Hwasun, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료