Jeonju Hyanggyo

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Hyanggyo were neighbourhood schools established by yangban (aristocrats) in the 1500s to prepare their sons for the seowon (Confucian academies), where the students took the all-important government-service exams. This well-preserved and atmospheric example dates to 1603.

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