Simgokseowon Confucian Academy, Yongin

Basic information

Designation

Historic Site No.530

Category

Architecture

Designated year

2015

Location

용인시, 경기도— 경기도 용인시 수지구 심곡로 16-9 (상현동)

Coordinates

37.305785, 127.076659

Simgokseowon Confucian Academy was built in 1605 (the first year of the reign of King Hyojong of the Joseon Dynasty) to commemorate Jo Gwang-jo (pen-name: Jeongam, 1482-1519), the leader of the powerful Sarim faction of literati during the reign of King Jungjong, and to hold ancestral rites. The academy was granted the plaque ‘Simgok’ by King Hyojong in 1650. Simgokseowon, which was in charge of ancestral rites and local education, is one of the forty-seven Confucian academies that survived despite the decree requiring the abolition of Confucian academies and schools during the reign of Heungseon Daewongun. Simgokseowon features the typical structure of such academies, with the lecture hall placed in front of the memorial shrine, and the red gate with a spiked top (hongsalmun), three inner gates, three outer gates, Ilsodang Lecture Hall and a shrine arranged in a more or less straight line. Simgokseowon Confucian Academy is of great historic and academic significance because it has retained its original structure and the exact date of its construction is known, and because it was bestowed a plaque by the king.

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