Daejangjeon Hall of Geumsansa Temple, Gimje

According to the Geumsansa sajeok (Records of Geumsansa Temple), the temple was founded in 600, during the reign of King Beopwang of Baekje. This building was originally a wooden pagoda erected in the courtyard of Mireukjeon Hall, used to store Buddhist scriptures; it no longer serves that original function and now enshrines a Buddha statue instead. It was rebuilt in 1635, the 13th year of King Injo of Joseon, and moved to its present location in 1922. The carvings that remain on the roof are traces of its earlier form as a wooden pagoda, and the hall enshrines statues of Sakyamuni Buddha flanked by his disciples Kasyapa and Ananda. The building measures three bays across the front and three bays to the side, with a paljak roof resembling the character for 'eight' (八) when viewed from the side. The gongpo, bracket sets that decorate the column tops and support the eaves, appear both above the columns and between them, in the dapo style; one bracket set is placed in each of the side bays and two in the centre bay. The ceiling inside is coffered in a grid pattern resembling the character for 'well' (井), and the sumidan, the platform on which Sakyamuni sits, is carved with an intricate decorative design. Although the building's overall structure and scale are relatively simple and modest, it draws great interest as an unusual variant form, and is valuable material for the study of pagoda-form wooden architecture.

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Gimje, Jeonbuk

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