Jindo Island Local Confucian School

A hyanggyo is a state-founded educational institution where rites were held in honour of Confucius and other sages, and which provided education and moral instruction for local residents. Jindo Hyanggyo was first built in 1437, the 20th year of King Sejong of Joseon, but was entirely burned down during the Jeongyu War, the second Japanese invasion of 1597. It was rebuilt in 1623, the first year of King Injo, and appears to have been moved to its present site in 1656, the seventh year of King Hyojong. The educational quarters are arranged at the front of the complex and the ritual quarters at the rear. Myeongnyundang, the lecture hall where students gathered to study, measures seven kan across the front and two kan along the side, with a hip-and-gable (paljak) roof that forms the shape of the character 八 when viewed from the side. Daeseongjeon, which enshrines the spirit tablets of Confucius and sages of China and Korea, stands on a high stone platform; it measures three kan by three kan and has a gabled (matbae) roof that forms the shape of the character 人 when viewed from the side. There are also subsidiary buildings: the small Dongmu and Seomu shrines used for rites, the Dongjae and Seojae, which served as student dormitories, and the inner and outer three-bay gates. During the Joseon period the school received land, slaves and books from the state to support its teaching, but today its educational function has disappeared and only the ritual function remains.

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Where it is

Region

Jindo, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료