Seonamsa Temple Palsangjeon Hall

Seonamsa Temple, on Jogyesan Mountain, is said to have been founded by Doseon in 875, the fifth year of King Heongang of Unified Silla. To the west of the temple is a flat-topped rock over ten jang, or about 30 m, high, said to be the place where immortals once played baduk, and the temple's name is said to derive from this rock. Most of the temple was burned down during the Jeongyu War of 1597, the second Japanese invasion of Korea; it was rebuilt by the Great Master Yakhyu in 1698, the twenty-fourth year of King Sukjong, and rebuilt again by the Great Masters Haebong, Nuram and others in 1824, the twenty-fourth year of King Sunjo, at which time the Palsangjeon Hall was also built. The Palsangjeon Hall of Seonamsa Temple houses the palsangdo, a set of paintings depicting the eight great events in the life of Shakyamuni Buddha. It measures five bays across the front and three bays along the side, and has a gable roof whose roofline, seen from the side, resembles the Chinese character for person (人). It is built in the dapo style, with gongpo, decorative bracket sets that support the eaves, placed not only above the columns but also between them. It seems originally to have been a jusimpo-style building, with bracket sets only above the columns, and that during a later repair only the brackets on the front were changed to the dapo style. Inside, alongside the palsangdo, are enshrined portraits of eminent Korean monks such as Doseon, Seosan, Muhak, Jigong and Naong, together with those of the thirty-three patriarchs.

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Where it is

Region

Suncheon, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산