Inje Local Confucian School

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. Inje Local Confucian School is presumed to have been built sometime between 1398, the seventh year of King Taejo, and 1407, the seventh year of King Taejong, of Joseon. The original buildings are said to have burned down during the Japanese invasions of 1592–1598; the school was rebuilt in 1610, the second year of King Gwanghaegun, and was subsequently relocated several times. In 1930 a great flood swept away the Daeseongjeon (shrine hall), Myeongnyundang (lecture hall), and the east and west dormitories, and four years later the school was moved and rebuilt on its present site. Later, during the Korean War, most of the school's buildings except the Daeseongjeon burned down; the damaged Daeseongjeon was repaired in 1959 and the Myeongnyundang was rebuilt. In 1964 part of the Daeseongjeon was further repaired, and the inner three-gate, the east and west dormitories, and the gate pavilion were rebuilt. The Daeseongjeon enshrines the spirit tablets of Confucius together with those of Confucian scholars of China and Korea. During the Joseon period the state supported the school with land, servants and books to teach students, but today its educational function has disappeared and only its memorial-rite function remains.

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Where it is

Region

Inje, Gangwon

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료