“Strangeness Moon,” inspired by Munmyo Ritual Music, evokes an otherworldly atmosphere. While we delve deeply into the essence of Korean traditional music, we also aim to create new pathways for ...

A 400-year-old ginko tree at the Munmyo Confucian Shrine near Sungkyunkwan University in Jongno-gu, Seoul, suffered damage to a branch measuring 30 centimeters in diameter. The ginko tree has been ...

Before the emergence of higher education in the West, older institutions were already teaching across the globe. Amongst them were the Confucian academies within the Sinosphere, which inherited the ...

SKKU announced that President Shin served Choheongwan at the 2021 Sungkyunkwan Spring Seokjeon held by Sungkyunkwan (Director Jin-Woo Son) on March 20 (Sat) at 10 A.M. Due to COVID-19, the Spring ...

Sungkyunkwan and Confucian shrine Munmyo were built in 1398 and renovated in 1869 to repair war-time damages. The Joseon educational institution was similar to today’s colleges. Sungkyunkwan has ...

The cultural properties of a country, whether they are deemed national treasures or not, are valuable parts of that country’s story. They are seen as physical representations of national identity.

The foremost education institution during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), Sungkyunkwan, has been keeping the ritual called "Seokjeon" alive at the Confucian shrine Munmyo on the grounds of what is now ...

Seokjeon daeje, literally "laying out offerings ceremony," will be performed at hyanggyo, or Confucian schools, across the country and the Confucian temple Munmyo. The temple is located at the ...

In Korea, ancestor worship is referred to by the generic term jerye. Notable examples of jerye include Munmyo jerye and Jongmyo jerye, which are performed periodically each year for venerated ...

Munmyo, a Confucian shrine complex in Jongno, central Seoul, is more than 600 years old but even until recently it was very much alive and bustling with people. Seokjeonje, a ritual service honoring ...