Dosanseowon Dosanseo Hall, Andong

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2105

Category

Architecture

Era

조선시대(1561년 건립)

Designated year

2020

Location

안동시, 경상북도— 경상북도 안동시 도산서원길 154 (도산면, 도산서원)

Coordinates

36.727010, 128.843560

The Dosan Seodang Private School is regarded as a representative structure of the architectural ideal pursued by Confucian scholars during the sixteenth century. Its wooden-floored hall, ondol-heated room, and modest kitchen (3 kan* by 1 kan) gives an impression of what an honest and diligent scholar may have been like. The structure exhibits a neat outward appearance, characterized by windows of simple yet diverse shapes. After the death of YI Hwang (pen-name: Toegye), the structure was left as it was, and an additional structure was built behind it. The school has value both as a historic site associated with Toegye, one of the two greatest Confucian scholars of the Joseon period, and as an educational institution for young scholars.

Location