Daeungjeon Hall of Hwanseongsa Temple, Gyeongsan

Hwanseongsa Temple stands at the foot of Palgongsan Mountain. It is said to have been first built in 835, the tenth year of King Heungdeok, by the royal preceptor Simji, but it burned down in the late Goryeo period. It was rebuilt in 1635, the thirteenth year of King Injo of Joseon, by the great master Singam, and rebuilt again in 1897, the first year of the Gwangmu era, by the great master Hangwol, in the form that survives today. Daeungjeon Hall, the main building of Hwanseongsa Temple, measures five bays across the front and four bays along the side; viewed from the side, its roof takes the form of a hip-and-gable roof shaped like the character 八 (eight). It is built in the dapo style, in which decorative bracket clusters supporting the roof eaves are set not only above the columns but also between them. The columns are only slightly thicker and taller at the centre, and since the front and side lengths of the building are nearly equal, the whole achieves very stable proportions. Inside, at the rear, stands an elaborately decorated altar, beautiful for its woodcraft ornamentation. In 1976 the worn timber was replaced and the dancheong (traditional multicoloured decorative painting) was restored to resemble the faded original colours, while the exterior dancheong was repainted anew, so the colours of the old and new work are now mixed together. Overall, the building's structure and dancheong retain much of their antique character.

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Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk

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