Yeosu Local Confucian School

A hyanggyo is a local educational institution established by the state to hold rites for Confucius and other sages and to educate and edify the local populace. Yeosu Local Confucian School was first built in 1897, the first year of the Gwangmu era, comprising only Daeseongjeon (the shrine hall) and the Dongjae and Seojae dormitories to the east and west. In 1934, educational spaces including Myeongnyundang (the lecture hall) were newly built. Inside the school are Myeongnyundang, where students studied, and the Dongjae and Seojae dormitories; passing through the inner three-gate (naesammun), the shrine hall Daeseongjeon comes into view. The roof of Myeongnyundang, seen from the side, takes the shape of the character 八 (eight), a hipped-and-gabled (paljak) roof. Daeseongjeon, which enshrines the memorial tablets of sages from China and Korea, has a gable (matbae) roof whose side roofline forms the shape of the character 人 (person). It originally measured three bays across the front and three bays deep, but was enlarged to five bays across the front in 1949. In the Joseon period the state supported the school with land, slaves and books to educate students, but today its educational function has disappeared, leaving only its role in holding memorial rites.

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Where it is

Region

Yeosu, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료