Vulture Peak Assembly Painting of Cheongnyeonam Hermitage, Suwon

Cheongnyeonam Hermitage, located on Mount Gwanggyosan in Jowon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon, is a subordinate temple (malsa) of Yongjusa Temple, the head temple of the 2nd district of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It was founded in 1777, the first year of King Jeongjo, by the Buddhist nun Cheongnyeon with donations from Sim Nak-seo and others, and was rebuilt in 1902 by Consort Eom, the birth mother of Crown Prince Yeong. Cheongnyeonam Hermitage preserves several Buddhist paintings from the late Joseon period. The Vulture Peak Assembly Painting depicts the scene of Shakyamuni Buddha preaching on Vulture Peak, a subject frequently painted in the late Joseon period. An inscription at the bottom of the painting shows that it was painted in 1891, the twenty-eighth year of Emperor Gojong's reign, by Uiam Hyeonjo. Uiam Hyeonjo was a painter-monk (bulhwaseung) active mainly in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province in the late 19th century, and this work is valued as an important painting for clarifying the traditions of Buddhist painting and the lineage of painter-monks in the Seoul and Gyeonggi region. Painted in colour on cotton measuring 124.5 cm in height and 449.0 cm in width, its broad format—nearly 450 cm across—is understood to reflect the shape Buddhist paintings took to suit the structure of shrine halls from the late Joseon period into the modern era.

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Where it is

Region

Suwon, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산