Yecheon Local Confucian School

A hyanggyo is a local educational institution established by the state to hold memorial rites for Confucius and other sages and to educate and edify local people. Because records were lost during the Korean War, the exact date of this school's construction is not known, but it appears to have first been built at Seobon-ri in 1398, the seventh year of King Taejo, and moved to its present site in 1418, the 18th year of King Taejong. It has been repeatedly repaired down to the present day, and the various buildings from the time of its original construction have all been lost to fire. What remains today are Daeseongjeon, the shrine hall used for memorial rites; Myeongnyundang, the lecture hall used for education; the outer gate, oesammun; and jusa, the kitchen quarters where food was prepared. The site is divided into three tiers, with the educational quarters at the front and the shrine quarters at the rear. Passing through the oesammun, Myeongnyundang comes into view atop a flight of steps; it is a seven-bay building with a hip-and-gable (paljak) roof that traces a shape like the character 八 when seen from the side. Behind it stands Daeseongjeon, which enshrines the tablets of Confucius and sages of China and Korea; it is a six-bay building, modestly built with a simple gable (matbae) roof that traces a shape like the character 人 when seen from the side. In the Joseon period the school received land, slaves and books from the state and taught students there, but today its educational function has disappeared and only its ritual function remains.

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Yecheon, Gyeongbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료