Okguhyanggyo Local Confucian School Daeseongjeon Hall

A hyanggyo (local Confucian school) is an educational institution established by the state to hold memorial rites for Confucius and other sages, and to educate and instruct the local people. Okguhyanggyo was first built at Igok-ri in 1403, the third year of King Taejong of Joseon, and was moved to its present site in 1646, the twenty-fourth year of King Injo. Daeseongjeon Hall measures three bays across the front and two bays along the side, with a gabled roof (matbae) that forms the shape of the character 人 when viewed from the side. Inside it enshrines the spirit tablets of Confucius, his disciples, and Korean sages. During the Joseon period the school received land, bondservants, books and other support from the state to teach students, but today its educational function has been lost and only its function of holding memorial rites remains. A distinctive feature of Okguhyanggyo is that it also contains Dangunmyo, a shrine where rites are held for Dangun, Munchang Seowon, which enshrines a portrait of Choe Chi-won, and a memorial stele and stele pavilion honouring King Sejong the Great.

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Gunsan, Jeonbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료