Ansimsa Temple Memorial Stele

A sajeokbi, or memorial stele, records the facts or traces relating to a particular event. This stele stands within Ansimsa Temple and sets down the temple's history. Ansimsa Temple was founded in the seventh year of Queen Seondeok of Silla (638) by the Venerable Jajang, and was subsequently rebuilt on five separate occasions. In the thirty-sixth year of King Sukjong of Joseon (1710), the monk Sinyeol further extended the temple. The stele consists of a stone body set upon a natural rock, topped with a capstone; the capstone in particular is in a form commonly found in the late Joseon period. The inscription is carved evenly across all four faces, and its contents reveal that the temple once comprised more than thirty buildings, including Daeungjeon Hall and Yaksajeon Hall, together with twelve hermitages such as Seokdaeam and Munsujeon Hall. The stele was erected in the thirty-fifth year of King Yeongjo of Joseon (1759), though the inscription itself was composed some hundred years earlier, in the ninth year of King Hyojong (1658), at the request of Cheoneung, then the temple's abbot, by Kim Seok-ju, who held the post of Right State Councillor. The calligraphy was executed by Hong Gye-hui, who was serving as Minister of Personnel at the time the stele was erected.

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Where it is

Region

Wanju, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산