Daeungjeon Hall of Yeongnangsa Temple, Dangjin

There are two accounts of the founding of Yeongnangsa Temple: one that it was built by the monk Ado in 564, the twenty-fifth year of King Jinheung of Silla, and another that it was built by a Tang-dynasty monk also called Ado in 648, the eighth year of King Uija of Baekje; neither account is considered reliable. It appears that the temple took on its present character when State Preceptor Daegak Uicheon carried out major repairs in 1091, the eighth year of King Seonjong of Goryeo. It was repaired again in 1678, the fourth year of King Sukjong of Joseon, and the Daeungjeon Hall was also repaired during the Japanese colonial period. The Daeungjeon Hall measures three bays across the front and two bays along the side, with a gabled roof whose side takes the shape of the character 人 (person). It is built in the tapo style, in which bracket sets that both support the roof and serve as decoration are placed not only above the columns but also between them; on the side walls there are no such bracket sets, and tall columns are used instead. Inside the hall is a bronze bell cast in 1759, the thirty-fifth year of King Yeongjo, and the hall also enshrines a wooden image of Sakyamuni Buddha and wooden child-attendant figures, among others.

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Where it is

Region

Dangjin, Chungnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산