Taeamseowon Confucian Academy, Uiryeong

This seowon (Confucian academy) was built by Confucian scholars and descendants to honour Jeon Jo-saeng, posthumously titled Munwon-gong, of the Jeon clan of Damyang, and his descendant Jeon Ja-su. Jeon Jo-saeng was a civil official and scholar of the Goryeo dynasty, outstanding in learning and literary composition. When Goryeo fell and Yi Seong-gye founded Joseon, he withdrew into the mountains in order to uphold the principle that a subject does not serve two kings. Built in 1789, the thirteenth year of King Jeongjo, this academy was dismantled in 1868, the fifth year of Emperor Gojong's reign, under Heungseon Daewongun's order abolishing seowon, and was later rebuilt. The buildings on the grounds include a separate shrine (byeolmyo) and a lecture hall. The shrine, which enshrines a portrait, has a front of three bays and a side of two bays, and is roofed with a gabled roof whose profile, seen from the side, resembles the Chinese character for "person" (人). The lecture hall was where students were educated and Confucian scholars held gatherings; it has a front of six bays and a side of two bays, also with a gabled roof. The central three bays have a wooden floor, with ondol rooms on either side. The academy no longer functions as a school, and memorial rites are now held every year in the second and tenth lunar months.

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Uiryeong, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료