Silsangsa Temple Witogaeryangseongchaek

This seongchaek, or register book, is a land ledger of the temple; although it forms only part of Silsangsa Temple's full land register, it reveals not only the financial affairs of a Jogye Order temple some 250 years ago but also the temple's landed property. It measures 66 cm in height and 46 cm in width, and comprises nineteen sheets including the front and back covers. Its contents distinguish the land belonging to Silsangsa Temple's main hall from that of its various affiliated hermitages, as well as land donated to the temple for its upkeep, and they record for each plot its location, name, position, shape, grade, tenant farmer and tax. Each plot also carries a ledger number for the temple's landholding. The document allows insight into how land registers were compiled and surveyed, the tax system, and the actual practice of ownership and tenancy rights some 250 years ago, and is valued as material for examining the earlier history of Silsangsa Temple.

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Where it is

Region

Namwon, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산