Heritage site
Dongnae Hyanggyo Confucian School ✨AI
동래향교
About this place
The hyanggyo (local Confucian school) was a local educational institution in the Joseon Dynasty, which taught local students Confucianism and kept tablets of China’s and the Joseon Dynasty’s Confucian scholars. At that time, each local Confucian schools played a pivotal role as an educational institution in nurturing talented people throughout the Joseon period. There remains Dongnaehyanggyo Local Confucian School in Dongnae, Busan, which only had one teacher and 70 students, according to the Gyeongguk daejeon (Grand Code for State Administration). It originated in the Banhwaru Pavilion, which used to guard the local Confucian school, as well as serve as the main gate (the tallest gate). It showcases hyanggyo’s gate pavilion’s best architectural features in the late Joseon Dynasty. Today, it is preserved in good condition and takes pride in high academic value. It is appropriate to use the right and left entryways when you enter and exit, respectively. The hyanggyo’s center is the Myeongnyundang Lecture Hall, a lecture hall consisting of a daecheong (large main floored room) in the middle and ondol rooms (underfloor-heated rooms) in the east and west dormitories called dongjae and seojae, respectively. Inside, you may hear Confucian students repeating after their teacher. The daeseongjeon (main hall) is where rituals are held in honor of Confucian saints and sages, whose tablets—including Confucius and Mencius—are also kept up to date. The custom of planting ginkgo trees in…
- Address
- (Dongnaehyanggyo Local Confucian School) 103, Dongnae-ro, Dongnae-gu, Busan (Gijanghyanggyo Local Confucian School) 35, Chaseong-ro 417 beon-gil Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun, Busan
- Korean address
- 부산광역시 동래구 동래로 103
- Opening hours
- Weekdays, Weekends, and Public Holidays Hours of Operation: 09:00–17:00
- Closed days
- Closed on Mondays