Yaksaam Hermitage

Jeungsimsa Temple was founded by the Seon master Cheolgam Doyun in 860, the fourth year of King Heonan of Silla, and is a temple affiliated with Songgwangsa Temple. Climbing from the entrance of Jeungsimsa along Yaksa Valley toward Saeinbong Peak, one comes upon Yaksaam Hermitage, a hermitage of considerable scale. Yaksaam is a subsidiary hermitage of Jeungsimsa, built around 850 under the name Inwangsa shortly before Cheolgam Doyun founded Jeungsimsa, and renamed Yaksaam when the temple was rebuilt in 1306, the 32nd year of King Chungnyeol of Goryeo. Destroyed by fire during the Korean War, it was restored between 1974 and 1984 to its present form. The buildings within the temple grounds include Daeungjeon Hall, Unrimdang, Unrim Seonwon and a gangwon, a Buddhist lecture hall. Daeungjeon Hall, the main building enshrining Shakyamuni Buddha, measures three kan across the front and two kan deep, with a hipped-and-gabled roof shaped like the Chinese character 八 when viewed from the side. The bracket sets supporting the eaves are in the dapo style, set both above and between the columns. Unrimdang and the gangwon are monks' quarters arranged facing each other. The stone seated Buddha enshrined in Daeungjeon Hall (Treasure No. 600) and the three-storey stone pagoda in front of the hall are both estimated to date from around the ninth century, supporting the long history of this temple.

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Where it is

Region

Dong-gu, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료