Daejeokgwangjeon Hall of Gwisinsa Temple, Gimje

Gwisinsa Temple is said to have been founded in 678, the sixteenth year of King Munmu of Silla, by the monk Uisang, and to have once had eight hermitages. The temple preserves buildings with an antique flavour, along with many stone objects such as pedestals carved with lotus patterns and animal-shaped stones. Daejeokgwangjeon Hall, which enshrines a statue of Vairocana Buddha, said to radiate the light of wisdom, is thought to have been rebuilt around the seventeenth century. It has a frontage of five bays and a side of three bays, with a gable roof that forms the shape of the Chinese character "人" (person) when viewed from the side. The decorative bracket sets supporting the eaves are arranged in the dapo style, found not only above the columns but also between them. The three central bays at the front are fitted with lattice doors carved in a comb-tooth pattern, and it is unusual that the outermost bays on the left and right, the toe-kan (projecting side bays), are walled in rather than left open.

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Gimje, Jeonbuk

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