Seongnamsa Temple Daeungjeon Hall

This is the most central building among the Buddhist halls of Seongnamsa Temple, where various buddhas and bodhisattvas are enshrined and religious rites are performed. The Daeungjeon Hall of Seongnamsa Temple burned down during the Japanese invasions of 1592–1598, was rebuilt in 1684, and underwent major repairs in 1725. In form, the building has no separate stone platform, only a single course of roughly dressed natural stone forming the base; natural stone plinths and round columns make up the body; and the roof is a gable roof (matbae) with vertically finished gable ends. Between the eaves and the columns beneath the roof, bracket sets (gongpo) — devices that support the weight of the building and give it an ornate appearance — are placed only at the front and back, not on the sides. The building largely retains its appearance from the 1725 repair, but as it has undergone numerous partial repairs since, features from various periods appear together. In particular, the bracket sets differ from front to back — two are set between the columns at the front but only one at the back — and the corner brackets (gwipo, the brackets set on the corner columns) at the front also incorporate members joined at a 45-degree diagonal, a technique normally used in hip-and-gable roofs; this is a distinctive feature of the building. Such features reflect the tendency of the late Joseon period to actively reuse and adapt existing structures.

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Where it is

Region

Anseong, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산