Gimje Hyanggyo was established under KingTaejong sometime between 1400 and 1418 to educate Confucian scholars. Burned down during the second Japanese Invasion (1597-1598) Daeseongjeon, the Confucian shrine where the memorial tablets of Confucius, his four disciples, and two Confucian scholars of the Song Dynasty are housed, was rebuilt 1635. Myeongryudang, the lecture hall, and Manhwaru, the outer gate with a second story study area, were rebuilt during the Japanese occupation sometime between 1910 and 1945. The Gimje Hyanggyo is Provincial Tangible Asset # 61.