Daeungjeon Hall of Chamdangam Hermitage of Seonunsa Temple, Gochang

This is the Daeungjeon Hall of Chamdangam Hermitage, which belongs to Seonunsa Temple. Seonunsa Temple is said to have been founded either by King Jinheung of Silla, or by the eminent monk Geomdan in 577, the twenty-fourth year of King Wideok of Baekje. All of its buildings were burned down in 1597, the thirtieth year of King Seonjo of Joseon, during the Jeongyu War, the second Japanese invasion of Korea; reconstruction began afterwards and was completed in 1619, the eleventh year of King Gwanghaegun, with further repairs carried out many times since. Seonunsa Temple originally had many hermitages, but today only Dongunam, Seoksangam, Chamdangam and Dosoram Hermitages remain. The Daeungjeon Hall of Chamdangam Hermitage at Seonunsa Temple, Gochang, is said to have been built by the monk Uimun at the request of King Jinpyeong of Silla, though after repeated repairs the present building dates from the Joseon period. It measures three bays across the front and three bays on the side, and the roof is a gabled roof forming the shape of the character "person" (人) when seen from the side. The bracket structure supporting the eaves is set not only above the columns but also between them, in what is known as the dapo style. The brackets on the front show a typical eighteenth-century dapo style, while those on the rear follow the jusimpo style, with brackets set only above the columns; this is thought to result from the reuse of Goryeo-period members when the building was repaired. It is an important source for comparison with other Goryeo-period buildings.

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Gochang, Jeonbuk

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