Dosanseowon Confucian School, Andong, South Korea 2017-10-07

Dosanseowon Confucian School (도산서원) is a historic place situated in a beautiful and calm location, nearly 20 kms away from Andong city. Gyoungbuk-do, South Korea.

This was built in 1574 i.e. in 16th century to teach and propagate Confucian teachings.

The pond in the Confucian academy premises

This old building complex, now renovated consists of libraries, lecture halls, reading rooms, publishing place, shrine rooms, dining rooms etc which were said to be used at the time. 

Performance of a traditional ritual 

Dosanseowon entrance area. This is where You
 need to get down from t

The museum which is situated in the same building complex, will give you the best knowledge about this old academy and how it ran. Wooden plaques, books, and the instruments used by the residents at the time for different purposes like printing, measuring etc also can be seen here.  

Best to visit this place in spring or autumn. In case of me, I visited in autumn on 7th, October 2017. 

Transportation> Take bus no:67 from Andong city (bus halt in front of Kyobo insurance building) and get down at Dosanseowon entrance, a place with only a few small shops, a car park and the entrance ticket issuing office. 

Entrance fee was 1500 won per adult at the time of my visit.

When you are returning after visiting the place, ask convenience store staff or the car park carer about the bus arriving time as the buses usually run once in 1 and 1/2 hours or 2 hrs.

Me, walking along the road through woods

So, if you have to wait more than 30 mins to take the bus, I suggest you to take a walk to the Dosanseowon three-way junction which is in nearly 20 mins walking distance. Walk along this carpet coated road running through the woods  on either side and refresh yourself with nature.

This is the 3-way junction.
You can get the bus from here.

Actually this is the same road that bus no 67 goes on and you can get into the bus at the bus halt in three-way junction you come across when you walk along the road starting from Dosanseowon confucian school entrance. 

Feel that refreshing feeling when you walk along a road which runs through a thick forest in Autumn through this small Video recorded by me... 😄😃

Address :- Togye-ri, Dosan-myeon, Andong-si, Gyoungbuk-do, South Korea

(Addrees inn korean:-경북 안동시 도산면 토계리 680