Koryo Songgyun-gwan situated in Pangjik-dong, Kaesong city was a state highest educational institute in Koryo dynasty (918-1392.)
Originally, there had been royal villa named Taemyong Palace in the period of King Munjong, the 11th king of Koryo dynasty in the place of Koryo Songgyun-gwan. The royal villa had been used for the foreign envoys and began to be used as Kukja-gam, the highest educational institute of Koryo feudal dynasty since 1089. Kukja-gam was renamed as Songgyun-gwan in 1308.
This institute taught the students politics, laws, mathematics and calligraphy, giving priority to Confucius scripture in Koryo dynasty. The number of students reached hundreds at maximum. In the whole period of Joson feudal dynasty after Koryo dynasty, this institute had been used as a school for Confucius studies.
The Confucius school was an educational institute to teach Confucius studies to the children of bureaucrats in local areas in the period of Joson feudal dynasty.
Koryo Songgyun-gwan consists of 17 buildings. Its campus is surrounded by fences and it lays in north-south-long direction in square shape.
As it keeps its original look, Koryo Songgyun-gwan tells some of the then architecture. Its overall situation plan is regular, and the architectural forms and colouring are humble rather than luxurious.
Koryo Songgyun-gwan is the state highest educational institute with the longest history and the only state educational institute in the Korean history.
Koryo Songgyun-gwan could have been well preserved in its original form because of the policy of the Workers’ Party of Korea to preserve the national heritages.
