Paju Local Confucian School Daeseongjeon Hall

A hyanggyo was a public educational institution established in the provinces during the Joseon period, where memorial rites were held for Confucius, the scholar of China's Spring and Autumn period, and other sages, and where local people were educated. A hyanggyo comprises the Daeseongjeon Hall enshrining Confucius, the Dongmu and Seomu buildings enshrining former sages, the Myeongnyundang lecture hall for students, and the Dongjae and Seojae dormitories where students lodged. Paju Hyanggyo was first built in 1398. The present buildings burned down during the Korean War and were rebuilt in 1971. The complex places the space for study at the front and the space for ancestral rites at the rear. Surviving today are the Daeseongjeon Hall, Myeongnyundang, the Dongjae and Seojae, the outer and inner three-bay gates, and a hongsalmun gate. Daeseongjeon Hall measures three kan across the front and two kan in depth, and stands on a double platform. The front bay of the building is a toetgan, a wall-less space bounded only by columns around the core of the building, left open for the hall's use. The front of the building uses igikgong brackets, in which the ends of the members are carved into two wing-like shapes, together with double eaves, and the roof is a gable roof that forms the shape of the character 人 ("person") when viewed from the side. Judging from its construction method, Paju Hyanggyo Daeseongjeon Hall appears to have been rebuilt in the late Joseon period.

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Paju, Gyeonggi

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료