Heungjusamanseru Pavilion

Heungjusamanseru Pavilion is the middle gate of Heungjusa Temple, a temple founded in the Goryeo period, standing halfway up the southeastern side of the Baekhwasan mountain range behind Taean-eup. It was first built in 1527, the 25th year of King Jungjong, and was rebuilt four times after that; it was dismantled and restored in 1944, giving it its present form. The building measures three bays across the front and three bays to the side, with a gabled roof whose side profile is shaped like the Chinese character 人 (person). Because it was built on a slope, on a platform of natural stone, it appears to have two storeys when seen from outside but looks like a single-storey building from within. The gongpo — decorative bracket sets that support the roof eaves — are found only at the front of the building, marking it as a transitional example between the jusimpo style, in which brackets rest only on the columns, and the ikgong style, which uses wing-shaped brackets. Heungjusamanseru is the oldest building at Heungjusa Temple, and is said to have been used by monk soldiers as a weapons store during the Japanese invasions of 1592 (the Imjin War). Heungjusa Temple also has a three-storey stone pagoda thought to date from the Goryeo period, designated a Chungcheongnam-do Tangible Cultural Heritage.

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Where it is

Region

Taean, Chungnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산