Mungyeong Local Confucian School Daeseongjeon Hall

A hyanggyo is a state-founded educational institution where rites were held for Confucius and other sages, and which provided education and moral instruction to the local population. Mungyeong Hyanggyo appears to have first been built in 1392, the first year of King Taejo of Joseon, and was rebuilt after being burned down during the Japanese invasions of 1592. The site rises toward the rear and is laid out on three terraced levels, with the educational quarters at the front and the ritual quarters behind. Passing through Oesammun, the three-bay outer gate that serves as the main entrance, and then Myeongnyundang, the lecture hall, one reaches Daeseongjeon, a hall three kan wide and two kan deep. Daeseongjeon, where rites are held before the spirit tablets of Confucius and other sages of China and Korea, is kept neatly maintained. The roof is a plain gable roof, shaped like the character 人 (person) when seen from the side, and the building as a whole is simple, with almost no decorative elements. In the Joseon period the school received land, servants and books from the state to teach its students, but today its educational role has ended and only its ritual function remains.

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Mungyeong, Gyeongbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료