Jeonju Hyanggyo Review

Confucian school located within the Jeonju Hanok Village, extremely pretty during autumn.

Jianzhou township school, here is one of the national treasures of South Korea, and is the most complete of the many township schools currently reserved in South Korea. As a "university" in ancient times, the construction period was presumed to be King Gaoli Gongxuan for 3 years, that is, 1354, the original site near Qingji Temple, and later because it was considered contrary to the traditional norms of the left temple and right society, in 1603 and moved to the east side outside the capital.

South Korea's free travel • Quanzhou [Jianzhou Township School 전주향교] The so-called township school is a high school in the Korean era. The school in the township of Quanzhou has Dacheng Hall, Minglun Hall (lecture hall) and Dong, Xizhai (dormitory), etc. The main hall of Dacheng Hall is dedicated to the cards of five saints such as Confucius, Yanzi, Zengzi, Mengzi and so on. Today, Confucian sacrifices are held regularly, which shows their admiration and attention to Confucianism. In addition to the architecture, the five huge ginkgo trees in the township school with special allusions are very striking: the ginkgo trees in front of the west gate have been more than 400 years old; The ginkgo tree on the right side of Dacheng Hall has been transformed from male to female and has produced ginkgo fruit, so it is called "female and male tree", and it has been picked up and sacrificed. The reason why ginkgo trees are planted here is to hope that Confucian students can become upright talents like ginkgo trees that do not recruit insects and flies. Walking in the township school, while imagining the scene of the Confucian students reading hard, while looking for the scenery of the TV series, as if traveling through time... Detailed address: Quanluo North Road, Quanzhou City, Wanshan Township School Road 139 전라북도 전주시 완산구 향교길 139 Open time: summer 09:00-18:00; winter 09:00-17:00 Tickets: free