Daeungjeon Hall of Okcheonsa Temple, Goseong

Okcheonsa Temple, at the foot of Yeonhwasan Mountain, was built in 676, the sixteenth year of King Munmu of Silla, by the monk Uisang. It burned down during the Japanese invasions of 1592–1598 and was rebuilt in 1639, the seventeenth year of King Injo. The Daeungjeon Hall of Okcheonsa Temple, the main worship hall at the centre of the temple, enshrines an image of Sakyamuni Buddha. Also destroyed by fire in the same invasions, it was rebuilt in 1657, the eighth year of King Hyojong, by the monk Yongseong, and has since undergone repeated repairs down to the present. The hall is a single-storey building three bays wide and two bays deep, with a hip-and-gable (paljak) roof whose side profile resembles the character for "eight" (八). The bracket sets that support the eaves are placed both above the columns and between them, in the multi-cluster (dapo) style. Inside, the ceiling is a two-tiered coffered ceiling, and there is a Buddhist altar with a hanging altar painting behind it. In front of the hall stand a pair of flagpole supports, one to each side. The Daeungjeon Hall of Okcheonsa Temple is a building that shows the typical form of a Joseon-period Buddhist worship hall.

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Region

Goseong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산