Dusan Village School, Gyeongju

This village school originates from Dusansa Shrine, founded in 1798, the twenty-second year of King Jeongjo of Joseon, to honour Kim Seok-gyeon (pen name Munong, 1546–1614). The shrine was demolished in 1872, the ninth year of Emperor Gojong, and when it was rebuilt in 1919 it was given a name plaque reading 'Dusanseodang', that is, Dusan Village School. It combines the functions of a seodang (village school) and a sau (ancestral shrine) for commemorative rites, and is distinctive for departing from the usual layout by adapting to the terrain, placing the school building and the jeonsacheong (ritual preparation hall) side by side. Kim Seok-gyeon raised a righteous army together with his three sons during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598) and rendered great service in recapturing Gyeongju Fortress, among other achievements; in 1605, the thirty-eighth year of King Seonjo, he was recorded in official documents as a Seonmu Wonjong Meritorious Subject. After his death, he was posthumously granted the rank of Tongjeongdaebu and the post of Byeongjo Chamui (Third Minister of the Ministry of War) in 1876, the thirteenth year of Emperor Gojong.

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Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료