Daegu Hyanggyo (대구향교), or Daegu Confucian School, was first established in Gyodong in 1398, in the 7th year of King Taejo of the Joseon Dynasty. It later relocated near Dalseong Park and then back to the Gyodong area again, until in 1932, it was eventually moved to its current site in Namsan-dong, just south of downtown Daegu.
In the traditional layout of a hyanggyo, the Main Hall (Daeseong-jeon) is located in front of the study hall (Myeongnyun-dang), and this was the original layout when it was first built. The present layout, however, shows a new arrangement in which the Daeseong-jeon is in the center at the north, facing a wide courtyard, and the Myeongnyun-dang is placed to the right of it. On the left(west) is the enclosure which contains the memorial tablet for Confucius and famous Confucian scholars of Daegu.
[edit] Buildings
Daeseong-jeon is a majestic building, 3 kans in width and 3 kans deep beneath a gabled roof. The Daeseong-jeon is the shrine for Confucius and other famous anscestors, where a ritual called Seokjeon is performed in honor of Confucius every year in the 2nd and 8th lunar month. Of particular note is that this Daeseong-jeon has its eaves bracketed in a multi-cluster style, despite it being an uncommon architectural style for Daeseong-jeon built at other hyanggyos, in those days.
[edit] Directions
Daegu Hyanggyo is down a street in between Myeongdeok and Banwoldang Station. If you get out of either station and walk in the direction of the other one, you'll eventually come across Nammun Market and an intersection running east-west. If you head east down this road, about 5 minutes past English Plus, you'll eventually see it on your right side.
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