Byeongsan Seowon Confucian Academy병산서원

At a glance

Byeongsan Seowon traces its roots to Pungak Seodang, a Goryeo-era school in Pungsan. On the advice of Ryu Seong-ryong, the scholar-statesman from nearby Hahoe, local scholars moved it to the foot of Byeongsan in 1575, and in 1614 his students added the Jondeoksa shrine in his honor. It was one of only 47 academies left standing when Heungseon Daewongun shut down the rest in 1868.

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Byeongsan Seowon Confucian Academy · 3 tours & tickets

1. GetYourGuideAndong private taxi tour with KTX ticketsA 10-hour trip from Seoul or Busan with KTX tickets and a private taxi in Andong: Byeongsan Seowon, Buyongdae and Hahoe Folk Village with its mask dance show.Book
2. GetYourGuideAndong private culture tourA 9-hour private tour from Andong to Byeongsan Seowon, the Buyongdae lookout and Hahoe Folk Village.Book
3. KlookAndong UNESCO full-day tour from SeoulA full-day tour from Seoul to Andong that covers Hahoe Folk Village and Byeongsan Seowon.Book

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  Hahoe Folk Village and Buyongdae are in the same township, and every tour sold here combines Byeongsan Seowon with Hahoe.

Nearby

Andong Hahoe Folk VillageThe Pungsan Ryu clan's village inside an S-bend of the Nakdonggang River, listed by UNESCO together with Yangdong in 2010.Buyongdae CliffThe clifftop lookout across the river from Hahoe Village, with the whole village and the bend of the Nakdonggang spread out below.Bongjeongsa TempleA quiet mountain temple on Cheondeungsan, founded in 672 and home to Korea's oldest surviving wooden building; a UNESCO World Heritage site.Woryeonggyo BridgeA bridge over the Nakdonggang in Andong shaped after the hemp sandals a local wife wove from her own hair for her late husband.