Indong Hyanggyo

About this place

A hyanggyo is a public educational institution established by the state to hold memorial rites for Confucius and various sages and to educate and enlighten local people. Indong Hyanggyo appears to have first been built in the 2nd year of King Gongyang of Goryeo; after it was destroyed by fire, it was rebuilt. In the 12th year of King Injo of Joseon (1634) it was relocated to Inui-dong, and in 1988 it was moved to its present site. The surviving buildings include the Daeseongjeon, the inner three-gate, the Myeongnyundang, and the outer three-gate. The Daeseongjeon is where the memorial tablets of Confucius as well as Chinese and Korean Confucian scholars are enshrined and rites are performed. During the Joseon period, the state provided land, servants, and books to teach students, but now the educational function has disappeared and only the ritual function remains. (Source: Korea Heritage Service)