Muyangseowon Confucian Academy

Wuyang Academy was established during the Japanese rule (1927) after the Kaihua period. On September 6 every year, the academy worships five sages, including Cui Siquan, Duke Zhuangjing, and his descendants—Sunan Cui Yunde, Jinnan Cui Pu, Wenjie Gong Liu Xichun, and Zhongliegong Luo Xian. Wuyang Academy is named after the old name of Gwangju, "The Yang of Wuzhen". The structure of the academy is that there are Heyi Gate and Heren Gate on the left and right of the Lecture Hall and the Heren Gate, and the Heren Gate is a common passage. After passing the Heyi Gate, the right side is Dongzhai Chengzhizhai, and the left side is Xizhai Lehuzhai. Further ahead is the Wuyang Temple surrounded by walls on the high ground. There are three or five gates as the three inner gates, and you cannot enter casually. Considering that the academy was originally divided into a shrine for worshipping famous people and a workshop for education, Damjin Choi established Wuyang Middle School in Sangam-dong, Gwangsan District in 1945, and it still plays the role of an educational institution. Wuyang Academy is dedicated to five sages including Zhuang Jinggong, Sun An, Jinnan, Wenjiegong, and Zhongliegong.