Jeongmyeolbogung Hall in Jungdae Peak of Odaesan Mountain, Pyeongchang

Jeongmyeolbogung Hall in Jungdae Peak of Odaesan Mountain, Pyeongchang, is a Buddhist hall of an unparalleled double structure, comprising an outer building enclosing an inner one. Both buildings share the same plan of three bays across the front and two bays to the side; the outer building is built in the ikgong style (a bracket style using a single wing-shaped arm above each column), while the inner building is built in the dapo style (a multi-cluster bracket style, with sets of brackets placed both on and between the columns). The outer building displays the two-armed ikgong bracket structure typical of the late Joseon period (nineteenth century). The inner building, however, shows archaic techniques and forms in the way its timber members are worked — in the shaping of the columns, the form of the changbang beam-ends, the profile of the salmi and cheomcha brackets, the treatment of the diagonally carved soro blocks, and the curved upper surface of the angseo — similar to those of early- to mid-Joseon buildings such as Bogwangjeon Hall of Simwonsa Temple (in North Korea, 1374), Daeungjeon Hall of Bongjeongsa Temple, Andong (National Treasure, rebuilt 1435), and Sungnyemun Gate, Seoul (National Treasure, repaired 1448). This gives the hall great significance in the history of architecture and architectural style.

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Pyeongchang, Gangwon

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Treasure · 보물