Seonguksa Temple Daeungjeon Hall

Seonguksa Temple stands within Gyoryongsanseong Fortress, and for this reason is also known as Sanseongjeol, or 'Fortress Temple'. It was built in 685, the fifth year of King Sinmun, and because there was a spring here called Yongcheon (Dragon Spring), it was originally named Yongcheonsa Temple. It is not clear when the name was changed to Seonguksa. The temple buildings served as the headquarters of the troops guarding Gyoryongsanseong Fortress, and at its height some 300 monks are said to have resided there. The Daeungjeon Hall of Seonguksa Temple is the main hall enshrining Amitabha Buddha. It is said to have been built during the reign of King Sinmun of Unified Silla (r. 681–692) and was rebuilt in 1779, the third year of King Jeongjo. Its roof is of the most ornate type, a hip-and-gable roof whose side takes the shape of the character 八 (eight). The bracket sets that support the eaves on top of the columns are of the pillar-top (jusimpo) type, set only above the columns, and Buddha images are painted in the spaces between the bracket sets, adding to the hall's splendour. Preserved inside are a seal reading 'Seal of the Monk-Soldier Commander of Gyoryongsanseong Fortress' and the folk heritage item known as the 'Seonguksa Temple Grand Drum', from which it can be inferred that the temple was, over successive generations, the base of monk-soldier commanders.

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Where it is

Region

Namwon, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산