Daeungjeon Hall of Cheonggoksa Temple, Jinju

Located on the slopes of Wolasan Mountain, Cheonggoksa Temple was founded in 873, the thirteenth year of King Gyeongmun of Unified Silla, by State Preceptor Doseon. It was completely destroyed by fire during the Japanese invasions of 1592 and was rebuilt by the monk Pou in 1612, the fourth year of King Gwanghaegun of Joseon, giving the temple its present form. The Daeungjeon Hall, which enshrines the Sakyamuni Triad, was rebuilt during the reign of King Gwanghaegun (r. 1608–1623). It measures three bays across the front and two bays to the side, with a hip-and-gable roof shaped like the character eight (八). It is built in the dapo bracket style, with bracket sets set both above the columns and in the spaces between them. The central bay is somewhat wider than the two flanking bays, but the spacing of the bracket sets is the same across the central bay and the two side bays. The Sakyamuni Triad enshrined inside was made in 1615, the seventh year of King Gwanghaegun, and is comparatively large among statues made after the Japanese invasions. Cheonggoksa's Daeungjeon Hall is considered the oldest surviving building in the Gyeongsangnam-do region.

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Jinju, Gyeongnam

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Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산