Songgwangsa Temple Nahanjeon Hall

Songgwangsa Temple, at the southern foot of Jongnamsan Mountain, was built in 867, the seventh year of King Gyeongmun of Unified Silla, by the Seon master Bojo Chejing. The temple's Nahanjeon Hall, an arhat hall enshrining enlightened disciples of the Buddha, was built at the same time as the temple was rebuilt in 1656, the seventh year of King Hyojong, under the great monk Byeogam Gakseong; judging from its overall appearance, the present building was repaired around the early twentieth century. It measures three bays across the front and three bays to the side, and is a hipped-and-gabled (paljakjibung) building whose side roofline forms the shape of the character 八 ('eight'). The brackets (gongpo) that support and ornament the eaves are in the jusimpo style, set only above the columns. The ceiling is a 'well ceiling' (umuljeoncheong), assembled in the shape of the character 井 ('well') to conceal the structure above. Inside, a wooden seated statue of Sakyamuni Buddha is enshrined at the centre, flanked left and right by the Sixteen Arhats, the Five Hundred Arhats (Obaengnahan), guardian statues, child attendants, and lion statues.

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Region

Wanju, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산