Seonggyungwan Myeongryundang, which used to be an auditorium that visited Seonggyungwan at the entrance of Sunggyungwan University and taught scholarship to Seonggyungwan Confucian scholars, is currently located inside Sunggyungwan University. It is said to have been named after the place of "Sungkyunkwan's Myeongnyundang Lecture Hall, which lights up humanity," such as Samgang Oryun. The ginkgo tree of Seonggyungwan Myeongryundang Lecture Hall is famous for its beauty as Natural Monument No. 59.
Seonggyungwan, an educational institution during the Joseon Dynasty, has two important spaces. One is the Daeseongjeon Shrine, which enshrines the memorial tablets of Confucius and his disciples, and the other is Myeongryundang, which served as a university during the Joseon Dynasty. In front of Daeseongjeon Shrine, there are two cypress trees, each divided into three and five branches, which are said to mean Samgang and Oryun, which are important teachings of Confucianism. Hwi-ho of Daeseongjeon Shrine, which enshrines the tablets of Confucius and the saints of Confucianism, is the handwriting of Han Seok-bong, a master calligrapher of Joseon.
In the Joseon Dynasty, when Confucianism was the basis of the state, a memorial service in honor of Confucius and Seonghyeon was an important event. It is not clear when it began, but Seokjeon Daeje is our traditional culture that has continued to this day without being damaged while passing through Japanese colonial era, and was designated as National Important Intangible Cultural Property No. 85 in 1986. Seokjeon Daeje, which is held every spring and autumn, is a culture that has been fully preserved only in Korea throughout Northeast Asia. Even in China, the country of Confucius and the home of studying abroad, it lost its original form through the cultural revolution, making the value of Seokjeon Daeje in Korea even more precious.
If Daeseongjeon Shrine is a place of ancestral rites, Myeongnyundang Lecture Hall, which follows immediately, is a lecture space. In other words, the threshold of Sungkyunkwan, which was a national university, was that high. At least the Confucian scholars who passed the Sogwa (Sanwon City, Jinsashi City) could be the beneficiaries of the special benefits. Literally, it was a place where talented people gathered to cultivate their studies.
Hi Korea