Hall Village School Namseongjae Hall

Gwanseodang refers to a seodang, a private village school, established in the late Joseon period mainly to teach the children of government officials - hence the name, meaning "officials' seodang". Namseongjae is the only such Gwanseodang still surviving in Namwon. It measures four kan across the front and two kan to the side, with a hip-and-gable roof that forms the shape of the character "eight" (八) when viewed from the side. The building is arranged with a central wooden-floored hall flanked by rooms on the left and right; the hall itself measures two kan across the front and two kan to the side, four kan in all. At present the west room's front and rear two kan are used as a single connected space, while a narrow board-floored veranda has been added in front of the east room, with a built-in cupboard set into its rear wall. Because it stood south of the town wall, it was called Seongnamjae, and after Liberation its name was changed to Namseongjae. It continued to serve as a village school until after Liberation; surviving examples of seodang such as this, outside the hyanggyo and seowon tradition, are rare, which gives it great value.

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Where it is

Region

Namwon, Jeonbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료