Singwangsa Temple Daeungjeon Hall

Singwangsa Temple stands on Mount Seongsusan. It is said to have been built in 830, the fifth year of King Heungdeok of Silla, by the monk Muyeom, but its subsequent history is not recorded; only a record survives stating that it was repaired in 1840, the sixth year of King Heonjong of Joseon. The Daeungjeon Hall of Singwangsa Temple is the main hall enshrining Sakyamuni Buddha and stands at the centre of the temple. It has three bays across the front and three bays to the side, with a gable roof whose side takes the shape of the character 人 (person). Unusually, the roof is covered with thin, flat stone slabs, with roof tiles laid only along the topmost ridge. The two ends of the roof are raised slightly so that the building does not appear to sag at the corners. The bracket sets that support the eaves on top of the columns are of the pillar-top (jusimpo) type, set only above the columns. Of the three front bays, the centre bay has a two-leaf sliding door with a comb-tooth lattice pattern, while the two side bays have two-leaf sliding doors with an 亞-shaped lattice pattern. Inside, there is a coffered ceiling above a wood-panelled floor laid in a grid pattern, and an altar has been built to enshrine the Buddha image.

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Where it is

Region

Jangsu, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산