[Korea] Introducing Seowon, a private educational institution from the Joseon Dynasty.

- Seowon in Korea is a representative private educational institution of Neo-Confucianism established by local intellectuals during the Joseon Dynasty from the mid-16th century to the 17th century. - Neo-Confucianism is a school of Confucianism that Zhu Xi compiled during the Song Dynasty in China. - Of the approximately 670 Seowon in Korea, 9 Seowon were designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in July 2019. - Seowons are located in areas with ancestral rites, and natural environments suitable for the holistic education of Neo-Confucian scholars were selected. - Jehyang is a ceremony to commemorate and remember the sages related to the Seowon. - Yusik is one of the processes of learning Neo-Confucianism by cultivating and resting in nature. - The spatial composition of Seowon is the sacrificial rite area where the buildings built for the rites are located. It is divided into a lecture area where buildings were built for the study and accommodation of Confucian scholars, and a Confucian area where Confucian scholars gathered and rested. - The Seongrihak scholars who built the Seowon actively utilized the terrain and natural landscape to complete a typical Seowon architecture, which is of outstanding value. - The main functions of the Seowon are to cultivate ideal intellectuals who are in line with the values ​​of Seongrihak, to honor the representative Seongrihak scholars of the region as exemplars, and to form public opinion in the local community.

2024-10-25

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