Samcheogyeongeunsa Temple Palsangjeon Hall

Yeongeunsa Temple was built by Master Beomil at the end of the Unified Silla period. According to records preserved at the temple, the Palsangjeon Hall - a hall for paintings of the eight major scenes from the Buddha's life - was built in 1641, the nineteenth year of King Injo of Joseon, though its architectural style shows features typical of the late Joseon period. It measures three bays across the front and two bays to the side, a simple gable-roofed building whose roofline, seen from the side, forms the shape of the Chinese character 人 (person). The front has double eaves and the rear has single eaves, but the extra rafters at the rear are made longer than those at the front so as to balance the building. Wind-break boards are also fitted to the sides of the roof, and their corners are shaped differently from each other so as to achieve balance, which is unusual. Inside are enshrined eight Buddhist paintings (taenghwa) painted in 1760, the thirty-sixth year of King Yeongjo, depicting the life of the Buddha.

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Samcheok, Gangwon

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Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산