Baengnyulsa Temple Daeungjeon Hall

Baengnyulsa Temple is thought to be the Jachusa Temple mentioned in records such as the Samguk yusa. If this identification is correct, the temple was built to honour Ichadon, who in 527, the fourteenth year of King Beopheung of Silla, was martyred to secure the adoption of Buddhism as the state religion. This building burned down during the Japanese invasions of 1592–98 and was later rebuilt. It is a single-storey wooden tile-roofed hall with a gable roof shaped like the character 人 (person) when viewed from the side. It has three kan across the front and three kan to the side, built in the multi-bracket (dapo) style, with double hinged doors set in the side bays on either end. The platform retains some features of the Silla-period style in part. The gilt-bronze standing Medicine Buddha once enshrined in the Daeungjeon Hall was made around the same time as the gilt-bronze seated Amitabha Buddha and the gilt-bronze seated Vairocana Buddha at Bulguksa Temple. These three gilt-bronze Buddhas are known as the three great gilt-bronze Buddhas of the Unified Silla period. The gilt-bronze standing Medicine Buddha from Baengnyulsa Temple is now on display at the Gyeongju National Museum.

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Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료