Jijangjeon Hall of Bukjijangsa Temple, Daegu

Bukjijangsa Temple is said to have been founded in 485, the seventh year of King Soji of Silla, by the monk Geukdal. This building, standing at the eastern edge of the temple precinct, is the Daeungjeon Hall of an earlier period that had burned down at some point in the past; it continued to be used as the Daeungjeon Hall until recently, but during dismantling and repair work completed in 2011, a ridge-beam inscription was discovered recording that it had been erected as the Jijangjeon Hall in 1761, the thirty-seventh year of King Yeongjo of Joseon, and its name was accordingly changed to Jijangjeon Hall. Although the building measures one bay across the front and two bays to the side, it is unusual in having a square intermediate pillar set up within the single front bay, giving it the appearance of a three-bay structure. The roof is a hip-and-gable roof shaped like the character 八 ("eight") when viewed from the side, and it is built in the multi-cluster bracket style, with bracket sets placed not only above the pillars but also between them; the detailing follows mid-Joseon techniques, while the dragon-head carvings set above the brackets follow late-Joseon techniques. The roof is built on a large scale relative to the size of the building, and slender auxiliary pillars support the tips of the eaves at each corner of the roof. The roof's frame structure unusually employs building techniques otherwise used for pavilions. As a Buddhist hall built in a form rarely seen elsewhere, it is an important building for the study of Joseon-period architectural history.

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Dong-gu, Daegu

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