One-Pillar Gate of Bulgoksa Temple, Changwon

Bulgoksa Temple is said to have been built in 935, the eighteenth year of King Taejo of Goryeo, though no record survives of any later repair or rebuilding. The One-Pillar Gate of Bulgoksa Temple is said to have originally been the gate of the Changwon Guest House, though this is not certain; it is also said that in 1943 the monk Udam moved to this site a gate that had previously stood at Ungcheon Hyanggyo, a local Confucian school. The gate is three bays wide, with a gabled (matbae) roof whose side profile resembles the character for "person" (人). The bracket sets supporting the eaves are placed both above the columns and between them, in the multi-cluster (dapo) style, making the gate unusually large for a one-pillar gate, with intricately assembled brackets and very elaborate carving. Its height is low relative to that of the roof, giving it a somewhat squat appearance, and its structural members are also small in scale — thought to be the result of its original form being altered through several moves. Its woodworking techniques are varied but somewhat lacking in refinement. Judging from these detailed features, the One-Pillar Gate of Bulgoksa Temple is presumed to have been built in the late Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Changwon, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산