Jipyeong Hyanggyo

Jipyeong Hyanggyo is one of three representative local educational institutions of the Joseon Dynasty in Yangpyeong-gun. A document (sangnyangmun) recording the history of the building was discovered in Myeongnyundang, revealing that Jipyeong Hyanggyo was built in the early Joseon Dynasty and moved to its current location in the 10th year of King Sukjong's reign (1684). The overall layout of the buildings follows the 'jeonhak humyo' style, with educational spaces in the front and ritual spaces in the back. Myeongnyundang, located in the front, is where students gathered to study, while Dongjae and Seojae served as dormitories. Daeseongjeon, Dongmu, and Seomu in the back are places where memorial tablets bearing the names of Chinese and Joseon sages are enshrined for rituals, but Dongmu and Seomu no longer remain. Jipyeong Hyanggyo no longer functions as an educational institution and continues its legacy only through ritual functions. Since Yangpyeong is a name created by merging Yanggeun-gun and Jipyeong-gun in 1908, there are two hyanggyo in Yangpyeong: Yanggeun Hyanggyo, which was in the former Yanggeun-gun, and Jipyeong Hyanggyo, which was in the former Jipyeong-gun. Address: 333 Jipyeong-ro, Jipyeong-myeon, Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do