Yangcheon Hyanggyo

Yangcheon Hyanggyo is a Confucian academy and shrine near Yangcheon Hyanggyo Station (Line 9), built in 1411 under King Taejong. The 600-year-old site is Seoul Monument number 8. Among its eight buildings are Daeseongjeon Hall and Myeongnyundang Lecture Hall, where aristocratic children once studied Confucian philosophy, ethics and government. The Seokjeon Daeje rite for Confucius, with music, dance and offerings that are part of Korea's Intangible Cultural Heritage, is held each spring and fall, and there are classes in Chinese calligraphy, traditional painting and tea ceremony.