Bojeru Pavilion of Sinheungsa Temple

Bojeru Pavilion of Sinheungsa Temple stands on the eastern foot of Seoraksan Mountain. Built in 1770, the 46th year of King Yeongjo of Joseon, it is a single-eaved, gable-roofed building of seven bays across the front and two bays deep, set on a two-tiered platform of dressed rectangular stones. Together with Geungnakbojeon Hall at its centre, the building encloses the courtyard shared with Unhadang Hall and Jeokmukdang Hall, giving the temple's central precinct its sense of enclosed space. The lower storey is left open, formed only of pillars, and serves as the passage leading through to Geungnakbojeon Hall. Bojeru, which grew larger in scale as the Joseon period went on, houses a beopgo (a large drum used in Buddhist ritual), a mokeo (a wooden fish-shaped percussion instrument), a great bell, and printing woodblocks for sutras, and several plaques and records of repair hang inside it. Among them is a plaque recording that the temple served as a wonchal, a temple maintained for prayers on behalf of the royal household.

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Where it is

Region

Sokcho, Gangwon

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산