Sungyang Hall is a fourteenth-century Confucian academy located on the side of Mt. Janam in

Kaesong Kaesong (, ) is a special city in the southern part of North Korea (formerly in North Hwanghae Province), and the capital of Korea during the Taebong kingdom and subsequent Goryeo dynasty. The city is near the Kaesong Industrial Region close t ...

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. The hall was constructed in the late fourteenth century for the home of the famously loyal statesman and Confucian scholar Jong Mong-ju, whose 1392

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by the agents of the later

Taejo of Joseon Taejo of Joseon (4 November 1335 – 27 June 1408), born Yi Seong-gye (), was the founder and first ruler of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. After ascending to the throne, he changed his name to Yi Dan (), and reigned from 1392 to 1398. He was ...

marked the end of the Koryo dynasty. In 1573, the building was transformed into a Confucian academy. The building is listed as National Treasures #128 in North Korea. It is part of the

Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kaesong, North Korea. The site consists of 12 separate components, which together testify to the history and culture of the Koryo Dynasty from the 10th to 14th centuries. ...

, which became a Unesco World Heritage site in 2013.

References

* http://www.vnctravel.nl/northkorea/?City_Guide:Kaesong:Sungyang_Hall * https://web.archive.org/web/20100926163002/http://northkorea1on1.com/EImages/downloads/korn-Kaesong-Booklet.pdf {{WikidataCoord, display=title Kaesong National Treasures of North Korea World Heritage Sites in North Korea Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong Seowon

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