Jeungsimsa Temple

Jeungsimsa Temple stands on the western slope of Mudeungsan Mountain. According to records, it was built by the Seon master Cheolgam Doyun (798–868) in 860, the fourth year of King Heonan of Silla. Most of its buildings were burned down during the Korean War, and from 1970 the temple was gradually rebuilt, beginning with Daeungjeon Hall and followed in turn by its other buildings, bringing it to its present form. The surviving buildings are Daeungjeon Hall, Obaekjeon Hall, Jijangjeon Hall and Birojeon Hall, together with the yosachae, the monks' living quarters. Of these, all but Obaekjeon Hall have a relatively short history. Obaekjeon Hall stands behind Daeungjeon Hall and measures 3 kan (a kan being the standard bay-width unit of traditional Korean architecture) across the front and 1 kan deep. It houses statues of five hundred arhats, enlightened disciples of the Buddha, said to have been made when the temple was rebuilt in 1443, the twenty-fifth year of King Sejong of Joseon. Daeungjeon Hall, the temple's main building, enshrines a statue of Buddha Sakyamuni, while Birojeon Hall enshrines a statue of Vairocana Buddha, said to preside over the entire world of truth. Jeungsimsa Temple also holds an Iron Seated Vairocana Buddha (a treasure), together with a three-story stone pagoda and a standing stone bodhisattva, both Gwangju Metropolitan City Tangible Cultural Heritage.

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Where it is

Region

Dong-gu, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료