Gwangjeseowon Confucian Academy, Jinju

Gwangjeseowon is a Confucian academy built by the Namyang Hong clan to honour Hong Ui and Hong Gwan. Hong Ui (d. 1356) was a military official during the reign of King Gongmin of Goryeo (r. 1351–1374). Hong Gwan (d. 1126) was a Goryeo civil official and calligrapher who held several posts, including Minister of the Board of Rites. When first built, it served only as a shrine for offering rites to these worthies and was named Hongboksa; in 1747, the 23rd year of King Yeongjo, it was renamed Hongjiam. Records state that when it was rebuilt in 1891, the 28th year of Emperor Gojong, it was renamed again, to Mowonjae. In 1976, Confucian scholars of the Yeongnam region raised its status to that of a full seowon, giving it its present name, Gwangjeseowon. The grounds contain six buildings. Gyeongchungsa, which enshrines the spirit tablets of the two worthies, is a building three bays wide at the front and one bay deep. Seen from the side, its roof takes the simple gable (matbae) form resembling the Chinese character 人 ("person"), giving it a plain yet refined beauty. The lecture hall was used for education and for meetings of Confucian scholars, with a wooden-floored hall in the centre flanked by heated ondol rooms on either side. It is now used as an ancestral shrine hall by the Namyang Hong clan, which holds memorial rites there every year in the third lunar month.

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Jinju, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료