Geungnakjeon Hall of Anguksa Temple

Anguksa Temple, in the basin of Jeoksangsan Mountain, is said to have been built in 1277, the third year of King Chungnyeol of Goryeo, by the monk Woryin. It is said to have originally been built as lodgings for the monk-soldiers who guarded Jeoksangsanseong Fortress, and it was repaired in 1613, the fifth year of King Gwanghaegun of Joseon, and again in 1864, the first year of Emperor Gojong. Geungnakjeon Hall, which enshrines an Amitabha Buddha, measures three bays across the front and three bays to the side, and is a simple gable-roofed building whose roof, seen from the side, forms the shape of the Chinese character 人 (person). It is built in the dapo style, in which the bracket clusters that support the eaves and also serve a decorative function are placed both above the columns and between them. Inside is a gwaebul, a huge Buddhist painting hung outdoors for great ceremonies, which is venerated locally as an object of worship believed to ward off natural disasters. In the area around the temple remains the old site of a sago, a historical archive that once stored the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty.

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Where it is

Region

Muju, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산