Geungnakjeon Hall of Yongyeonsa Temple

Yongyeonsa Temple on Biseulsan Mountain is said to have first been built in 912, the first year of King Sindeok of Unified Silla, by State Preceptor Boyang. It was rebuilt in 1419, the first year of King Sejong of Joseon, by Great Master Cheonil, and after being burned down during the Japanese invasions of 1592 (the Imjin War), it was rebuilt again over several years. At its height the temple is said to have had more than 200 kan (structural bays) of buildings and some 500 monks, making it a large temple. Geungnakjeon Hall, which enshrines the Amitabha Buddha, was rebuilt in 1728, the fourth year of King Yeongjo. It measures three kan across the front and three kan along the side, and is a simple gable-roofed (matbae) building whose roof, seen from the side, forms the shape of the character 人 (person). The brackets (gongpo) that support the eaves while also serving as decoration are arranged both above the columns and between them, in the dapo (multi-cluster bracket) style, and the building is well preserved in the architectural style of the late Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Dalseong, Daegu

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산