Cheonjimyeongyangsuryukjaeuichanyo

The book's layout follows a single-line border at top and bottom, with ruled column dividers and an inward-facing black fish-tail motif at the centre fold; each half-leaf contains seven lines of seventeen characters, for a total of sixty-seven leaves (sixty-five of text, two of postscript), printed from woodblocks in the traditional stitched-binding format. Its cover title reads "Jungnyemun", and its contents form a Buddhist ritual manual setting out in detail the procedures and observances for performing the suryukjae, the rite for the deliverance of spirits of water and land, comprising fifty-four ritual texts for that rite. After the closing title is carved a heading identifying it as an abbreviated ritual text for the boundless rite of water and land, to be performed at all times and in all places, followed by a colophon recording that it was carved and printed at Haeinsa Temple on Gayasan Mountain in Hapcheon, Gyeongsang-do, in the sixth month of a sinsa year, though the exact date corresponding to that sinsa year cannot be determined. A postscript at the end, written in 1469 by Kim Su-on, records that Princess Jeongui, wishing to pray for the repose of her late husband Yanghyogong An Maeng-dam (1415–1462), donated funds to have the Suryuk Uimun (Water-and-Land Ritual Text), the Gyeolsumun, the Lesser Amitabha Repentance Text, and the Lotus Sutra carved. According to the postscript, the edition would therefore date to the fifteenth century, but the mixed forms of fish-tail motif appearing within the text and the condition of the printing suggest that it is in fact a later, Joseon-period reprint. Even so, it survives in good condition and is important material for research into Buddhist ritual practice.

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Where it is

Region

Seocho-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산